GCSE results 2025

GCSEs 2025: Top grades rise again but Ofqual hails ‘continued stability’

Proportion of GCSEs at grade 7 and above up 1.8 per cent on last year and 5.5 per cent...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens
Sam Sykes
Exams

Schools ‘over a barrel’ as exam fees rise again

Cost of exams will increase at a greater rate than school funding in 2026, with some provided by AQA...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Exams

Ofqual probe finds exam extra time figures wrong for years

Statistics withdrawn after regulator review finds they 'significantly overstated' the number of access arrangements

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Exams

GCSE entries fall in German, science and history GCSEs

Exam entries fall in over half of EBacc subjects, new Ofqual figures show

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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Beyond exams: why ASDAN’s refreshed qualifications are key to real-world learner success

In today’s outcome-driven education landscape, it’s easy to overlook the quieter, yet equally vital, qualities that help learners truly...

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Ofqual

Sir Ian Bauckham confirmed as permanent Ofqual chief

The former academy trust CEO has served in an interim capacity for over a year

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Exams

Exam board fined £250k over string of rule breaches

Ofqual found teachers who also drew up assessments could have known which papers pupils would take, and conflicts among...

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Ofqual

MPs give Sir Ian Bauckham the nod for Ofqual top job

MPs hope he will serve a full term and 'restore much-needed stability' to Ofqual

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey