The self-named Brickie Boys want to show other young people they can still succeed if they do not pass their GCSEs They call themselves the Brickie Boys. The group is one of the winners of the BBC’s ...

Patrick spent five months filling out his GCSE exam papers using eye-tracking technology.

Head teacher Helen Jones says she welcomes the "overdue" reforms but is worried about the demands on teachers A head teacher has expressed concerns for the "guinea pig year group" who are the first to ...

Government confirms plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification in England as students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4 ...

Pass rates for maths and English resits remain significantly lower than students taking them for the first time.

Readers respond to Sally Weale’s article about whether the exams taken in year 11 are still fit for purpose Sally Weale cogently questions why we need to continue with the outdated GCSE examination, ...

Getting your GCSE results is a big day for most 16-year-olds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland – as well as for their parents and schools. GCSEs have been a national rite of passage for the last ...

You might think that if you stop using a language after studying it at school, you will end up forgetting everything you knew. But this isn’t true. Language knowledge will stay in your brain for ...

PROUD Billi Mucklow today revealed how her stepdaughter had “smashed her GCSEs”, as Coleen Rooney also congratulated her son Kai. Former Towie star Billi, 37, is stepmum to  Emilie ...