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Despite A-level popularity, maths education after 16 is still lacking in England

Mathematics at A-level is going from strength to strength. Maths is the most popular subject choice, and further maths, which is a separate A-level course, has seen the most growth in uptake. Despite this, concerns still remain about the mathematical skills of young people who do not choose to study…

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Sault review – GCSE-level drama performance borders on the pretentious

Standout moments included Chronixx captivating on stage, Yasiin Bey delivering a seamless guest verse and Cleo Sol’s ethereal appearance – but the theatrics felt alienating

The Guardian - UK

Warning over ‘chronic’ under-performance of boys at GCSEs

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Underperformance of boys at GCSE level ‘should be a matter of national concern’ professor says

Professor Alan Smithers said the talents of boys are not being developed as ‘fully’ as they could be

The Independent UK

‘Chronic’ under-performance of boys at GCSE should be treated as major issue

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their exam results on Thursday next week.

Evening Standard

Brampton Manor Academy Delivers Best Ever A-Level Results In 2025: Here's Their Entry Requirements And How To Get In

Brampton Manor Academy achieves record A-Level results in 2025, with over 250 straight-A students and competitive entry requirements for its sought-after sixth form.

International Business Times UK

A-level and GCSE results are being released. Here’s what to expect

Hundreds of thousands of pupils are about to discover their results

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What can students expect from this summer’s exam results?

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their A-level results on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Exam board fined £350k after sending students incorrect GCSE results

Those with incorrect lower grades were eventually issued their correct results

The Independent UK

Exam board faces £350,000 fine after students received wrong GCSE results

More than 1,500 pupils were awarded the incorrect results for WJEC’s Eduqas food preparation and nutrition GCSE in 2024.

Evening Standard

Ofqual admits massively exaggerating number of students getting exam assistance

Regulator for England withdraws statistics for students receiving assistance in A-Level and GCSE exams going back to 2014

The Guardian - UK

Fewer pupils in less affluent English schools taking languages, survey finds

Less than half taking foreign languages GCSEs compared with 69% in most prosperous state schools

The Guardian - UK

Spanish overtakes French as most popular foreign language GCSE, figures suggest

Ofqual has published the provisional number of entries for GCSEs, AS and A-levels in England for this summer’s exam series.

Evening Standard

The foreign language that is now the most popular among GCSE students

The overall number of entries for this summer’s exams for both GCSEs and A-levels has decreased

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‘They are making young people ill’: is it time to scrap GCSEs?

They have shaped the fortunes of young people in the UK for four decades. But now even the former education secretary who introduced these exams wants to see them abolished ...

The Guardian - UK

Think you know a lot about Dickens? Then who’s this Herbert character?

This minor figure from Great Expectations has sown panic at the GCSEs. Be honest: have you even heard of him, asks Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

UK government urged to introduce GCSE in Ukrainian for child refugees

Children’s commissioner joins Kyiv in asking DfE to create new qualification to cope with ‘immense upheaval’ of fleeing war

The Guardian - UK

Genius Game: David Tennant’s brainiac gameshow is even duller than doing GCSE maths

Britain loves a gameshow. But the contestants here compete in puzzles so unthinkably boring and complex that you’re baffled from the get-go. Then someone gets locked in a cage …

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Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE

Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up

The Guardian - UK

GCSEs harm our young people. Ministers should have the guts to abolish them – and start again

A report out this week highlights how destructive the cult of the exam is in Britain’s schools. But it doesn’t go far enough, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Evening Standard

Education Secretary says London’s falling birth rate brings ‘opportunities to think creatively’

Bridget Phillipson also tells the Standard that Government will ‘look at the evidence’ from Sir Sadiq Khan’s free school meal programme

The Guardian - UK

Launch natural history GCSE in England now, campaigners urge Labour

Environmentalists say new course could be delayed until 2030 because it is viewed as Conservative party initiative

The Guardian - UK

Would you drop Of Mice and Men from the exam syllabus? The answer isn’t black and white

The book will no longer be studied at GCSE in Wales because many find the racial slurs upsetting. That’s culture war fodder, but it shouldn’t be, says author and broadcaster Nels Abbey

The Independent UK

Starmer’s VAT hike will leave some GCSE students without a school by January, warns council

A council has warned that children withdrawn from independent schools because of the VAT hike in January will not be found places at state schools in the county

The Guardian - UK

‘Why should I study Russian?’ Ukraine lobbies UK to introduce Ukrainian GCSE

About 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion – yet are unable to study their mother tongue

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