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18 April 2026

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GCSE results 2021: Chemistry

Here are the trends in the latest chemistry GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade 9 results achieved by chemistry students, equivalent to a high A* under the old GCSE system, rose to 17.7 per cent, compared to 16.8 per cent in 2020 and 13 per cent in 2019. You can find the […]

GCSE results 2021: Biology

Here are the trends in the latest biology GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade 9 results achieved by students, equivalent to a high A* under the old GCSE system, rose to 18.3 per cent, compared to 17 per cent in 2020 and 12.7 per cent in 2019. You can find the full […]

GCSE results 2021: English

Here are the trends in the latest English GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade 9 results achieved by English students, equivalent to a high A* under the old GCSE system, rose to 5.4 per cent, compared to 4.3 per cent in 2020 and 2.8 per cent in 2019. You can find the […]

GCSE results 2021: Mathematics

Here are the trends in the latest mathematics GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade 9 results achieved by maths students, equivalent to a high A* under the old GCSE system, rose to 6 per cent, compared to 5.4 per cent in 2020 and 3.7 per cent in 2019. You can find the […]

GCSE results 2021: Top grades rise most at private and free schools

Private and free schools have seen the biggest jump in top grades in this year’s teacher-assessed GCSE results, figures show. Across England, the proportion of GCSE results overall at grade 7 and above—equivalent to a grade A under the previous system—rose to 28.7 per cent, up from 25.9 per cent last year and 20.7 per […]

GCSE results 2021: PE records biggest rise in top grades

Physical education recorded the largest rise in top GCSE grades, while grades 7 or above issued in maths and chemistry only slowly inched up. This year the proportion of 16-year-old pupils in England earning a grade 7 or above at GCSE jumped to 30 per cent – compared with 27.5 per cent last year. But […]

A-level results 2021: Private schools see bigger jump in top grades

Private schools have seen a bigger jump in the number of top grades than state schools in this year’s A-level results, according to Ofqual. Labour said the figures showed the Conservatives had “opened the door to unfairness”, noting private schools appear more likely to give prior access to questions and face parental pressure over grades. […]

ASCL writes to Ofqual over ‘deflated grades’ fears

The Association of School and College Leaders has written to Ofqual and the government “as a matter of urgency”, amid concerns that pupils at schools that followed advice to mark down their own teacher grades have been “punished by that process”. Geoff Barton, ASCL’s general secretary, said that some of his members who deflated grades […]

Ofsted requires improvement – but how do we get there?

Ofsted’s name is mud this week. Amanda Spielman’s speech at last week’s Festival of Education went down like a lead balloon after she announced that grades for overall school effectiveness are “not effort grades”. Then she suggested that schools in white working class areas get lower grades partly because local families may not have the […]