GCSE results 2025

Bauckham concerned over switches from triple to double science GCSE

But too early to 'infer a trend' as data suggests 10,000 switch from three separate qualifications to double award

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker and Lydia Chantler-Hicks
GCSE results 2025

GCSE results 2025: Which subjects saw the biggest rises in top grades?

14 out of 15 most popular GCSE subjects saw a rise in top grades

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
GCSE results 2025

GCSE results 2025: 8 key trends in England’s data

Schools Week's round-up as top grades rise again

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
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

WJEC exam board fined £350k after wrong food GCSE results

Ofqual to issue WJEC with six-figure penalty after 1,527 food preparation and nutrition GCSE pupils received incorrect results

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

‘Expand, don’t downgrade’ language hubs, urges report

Report on decline of languages finds pupils in poorer areas 20% less likely to study one at GCSE

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
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

Exam boards consider ‘action’ over social media predictions

A quarter of teachers say they have heard of pupils buying so-called 'predicted' papers

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Exams

British Sign Language GCSE ‘unlikely before 2028’

The Department for Education initially hoped the qualification would be launched in autumn this year

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks