News

GCSE results 2017: More than 2,000 pupils scored 9s in all three reformed exams

About three per cent of grades awarded to pupils were the highest available in the newly reformed GCSE subjects....

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg
Opinion

The reformed GCSEs are the qualifications this country needs

My daughter may not get the top grade but I’m cheering in the new GCSEs because they promise to...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Exam results, News

GCSE results 2017: Subject tables

Please note: the GSCE results tables for 2018 will be available here from 9:30 am on Thursday, 23 August, 2018....

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Politics

GCSE results 2017: Stories from secondary moderns

Teenagers across England will find out the results of their GCSEs today. We’ll be publishing the 2017 national GCSE...

Samantha Lauren King
Samantha Lauren King
News

Confusion reigns over new rules for independent coursework reviews

Schools will have to commission independent reviews of GCSE coursework marks if pupils ask, according to new rules imposed...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Change to EBacc measure breaks DfE’s own rules

The government’s plans to change the way schools are measured from 2018 appear to conflict with its own rules...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Academy to slash breaks and extend day to meet new GCSE demands

An academy’s plans to slash its lunchtime break and extend the school day is the latest example of a...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Opinion

‘Standard’ and ‘strong’ GCSE pass rates: what is Greening talking about?

Education secretary Justine Greening announced today that a grade 4 will now be considered “a standard pass”, while grade...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
News

Errors in exam papers tripled this year, Ofqual report reveals

The number of ‘material errors’ in the design of A level and GCSE exam papers has more than tripled...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker