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Stressed UK Teens Seek Influencers' Help For Exams Success

Posing as a fortune teller on his YouTube channel, former teacher Waqar Malik tells thousands of followers that he can predict this year's exam questions.

International Business Times · Aug 15, 2025

More Students Have Passed Their A-Levels In 2025 Than Ever Before — Are AQA's Grade Boundaries To Thank?

UK A-Level results hit record highs in 2025, sparking debate over whether AQA's grade boundaries made exams easier — here's what the data and experts say.

International Business Times UK · Aug 14, 2025

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 · May 22, 2025

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Government should review uninspiring and ‘mechanistic’ GCSE English – exam board

The Department for Education consultation into a review of curriculum and assessment closes this week.

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2024

Rent, wage slips and interest rates may feature in new AQA maths test for pupils

Exam board in England, Wales and Northern Ireland pilots tests that aim to show we ‘use maths all the time every day’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024

Experts raise concerns over ‘unreliable’ marking of GCSE English

Some high-achieving pupils in England received lower than expected grades that rose after being re-marked

The Guardian - UK · Sep 13, 2024

Warning over plans to rollout digital exams across country

Plans have been made for on-screen exams

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2024

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When do GCSE exams start in 2024 and which subject is the hardest?

The first exam takes place this week, opening GCSE exam season for schools

Evening Standard · May 8, 2024

Let’s end the annual torture of GCSE resits – and give students qualifications they’ll actually use

Compulsory maths and English retakes speak of a system that ignores pupils’ real talents. But hope is on the horizon, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2024

Exam board to offer pupils on-screen English GCSEs by next summer

Up to 125,000 UK students will have the option to take Edexcel’s GCSE English language and English literature exams on-screen for the first time.

The Independent UK · Jan 4, 2024

Pens away, laptops open – pupils told to type, not write, GCSE exam answers

Examining board AQA says parts of Italian and Polish courses will be assessed digitally in 2026

The Guardian - UK · Oct 17, 2023

Italian and Polish GCSEs to go digital in 2026, says England’s largest exam board

AQA awaits regulator approval for on-screen assessment of reading and listening components

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023

Pupils in England could sit digital GCSE exams from 2026 under proposals

On-screen assessments are more inclusive and environmentally sustainable, a report by England’s largest exam board suggests.

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

A-level grade boundaries 2024: Results day for AQA, OCR and Edexcel exam boards

Grade boundaries are released on the same day as students receive their results

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

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Wales Online · May 22, 2023

'It was basically maths' - some students worry about AQA Chemistry GCSE paper

Many took to social media to voice concerns about how hard the paper was

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2023

When did the 2023 GCSEs begin and when do they end?

While various subjects have their examinations at different times, they will all take place within the same period

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2023

Books by female authors studied by just 2% of GCSE pupils, finds study

Campaigners urge exam boards to diversify English literature set texts to challenge rising misogyny

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2022

Pupils disqualified after A-level chemistry papers stolen and posted online

Exam board AQA said the theft is now being investigated by the police

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Manchester Evening News · Aug 18, 2022

A level 2022 grade boundaries for OCR, Edexcel, AQA and WJEC exam boards

Grade boundaries are expected to be more lenient this year due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic

Daily Mirror · Aug 18, 2022

A-level grade boundaries 2022 released for AQA, CCEA, Pearson Edexcel and OCR

The grade boundaries for numerous A-level exams have now been released ahead of results day 2022, with students across the UK eagerly awaiting their final results

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

First students to sit exams since pandemic await A-level results

Grades are expected to be down on 2021 but higher than pre-pandemic.

Belfast Live · Aug 17, 2022

First students to sit exams since pandemic await A-Levels results

Grades are expected to be lower than during the pandemic but higher than 2019.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2022

Staff at England’s biggest exam board to strike over pay

Union and AQA disagree about possibility of GCSE and A-level results being delayed by the action

Birmingham Post · Jul 28, 2022

Staff at exam board AQA to stage 72-hour walkout over pay

AQA is headquartered in Manchester

Wales Online · Jul 22, 2022

GCSE and A Level exam results under threat in England as board staff strike over pay

Staff at exam board AQA are staging a 72-hour walkout

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