MYSTERIOUS: 14 - What They Never Told You

Wales will announce new school performance system this autumn - education minister Jeremy Miles

League tables and more recently colour codes have been ditched in Wales but a new system is to be announced

Wales Online · Aug 25, 2022

'Amazing' students praised after 'challenging' two years

"It represents a huge achievement, especially in light of the pandemic and the impact of lockdowns on our students’ education"

Liverpool Echo · Aug 25, 2022

GCSE pupils who were the first to take exams in two years celebrate their results but North East sees fewest top grades in the UK

Nationally, top grades for GCSEs are down on last year, but remain higher than pre-pandemic levels

Chronicle Live · Aug 25, 2022

The Standard View: London schools lead the way on GCSE results day

GCSE students suffered a record fall in results today as exam marking returned for the first time since 2019, with 26.3 per cent achieving a grade 7/A or above. But pupils in London outperformed all other regions of England by a significant margin, with 32.6 per cent of all exams…

Evening Standard · Aug 25, 2022

Teacher left in tizzy after pet dog eats students' summer homework

A teacher has taken to Reddit to share how her dog ate her students' homework - she has been urged to give all her students A grades for the inconvenience

Daily Mirror · Aug 25, 2022

Help with exams should remain next year, unions say

‘We must turn our attention to next year’s cohort who have also suffered significant disruption,’ union leader says

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022

Grandad, 92, celebrates becoming oldest person to pass a GCSE exam in UK

Derek Skipper, 92, studied for his maths qualification via Zoom

Wales Online · Aug 25, 2022

Girl power: Geri Horner and Amanda Holden celebrate daughters’ GCSE results

The A-Listers’ offspring were among hundreds of thousands of teenagers collecting their exam results on Thursday.

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022

What does the dramatic fall in GCSE grades tell us? That private schools were gaming the system

Our school system favours the privately educated – so it’s no surprise that the sector inflated grades last year, says award-winning teacher Phil Beadle

The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2022

Westminster Academy pupils ‘put pandemic challenges behind them’

This year has seen the first set of in-person GCSE exams take place since before the pandemic.

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022