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14 April 2026

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GCSE results 2021: Physics

Here are the trends in the latest physics GCSE results for summer 2021. The proportion of grade 9 results achieved by physics students, equivalent to a high A* under the old GCSE system, rose to 17.2 per cent, compared to 16.4 per cent in 2020 and 12.5 per cent in 2019. You c You can […]

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: Physics

Here are the trends in A-level physics for 2021. There was a slight rise in the proportion of A* and A grades in keeping with the overall trend for 2021 results.

Exams may have got easier, but pupils have an appetite for hard questions

Exam question changes in the past two decades have often been made for clarity and “accessibility”, says Tim Oates. But A-level questions from decades ago now available on the web, are proving that there is still a huge appetite for demanding physics Social media allows global circulation of all sorts of conversations that previously would […]