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England’s national curriculum review misses opportunity to revitalise language learning

The decline of languages education in England is a familiar and depressing story. Take-up of French at GCSE is down from 25% in 2009-10 to 18% in 2024-25. German has halved in the same period from 10% to 5%.

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Could a mother-son spa break be the answer to multigeneration holiday harmony?

Following a fretful period of GCSE stress, Helen Down hopes a spa break to Morocco can bring her closer to her teenage son. Will it go to plan?

Evening Standard

GCSE results are out – but is the system worth it?

Many students rejoice when they find out their GCSE results. In 2025, 21.9% of grades awarded are at grade seven (previously A) or above. But others will be holding a piece of paper – or looking at a screen – that tells them they have failed to reach expected standards.…

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Curriculum and assessment review to consider reducing number of GCSE exams

The interim report sets out the areas of focus for its final report which will make recommendations to the Government in the autumn.

Evening Standard

Private and state school pupils’ GCSE results are now the same, study finds

Inequality still exists amongst the creative arts subjects, where privately educated pupils perform better

The Guardian - UK

Record number of students took A-level maths in 2024 – but they hide a worrying decline

On August 15 2024, over 107,400 young people in the UK nervously scanned their results, looking for their grade in A-level mathematics. It is the first time more than 100,000 people have taken any A-level subject in a single year.

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English regions dominated by grammar schools do not improve grades, study says

Pupils in grammar school areas experience little boost in results, while grades among brightest may actually be lower

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Boy, 11, gets highest grade in GCSE maths after taking exam five years early

Harry Thew said his performance was ‘quite good’

Evening Standard

Harry, 11, gets highest grade in GCSE maths after taking exam five years early

Harry Thew, who took the exam in Year 6 at Bede Academy in Blyth, Northumberland, said his performance was ‘quite good’.

The Independent UK

Jamie Oliver shares a supportive message to children who have dyslexia on GCSE results day

The TV chef left school aged 16 with GCSEs in geology and art

The Independent UK

Education Secretary never asked anyone for A-level results in her business years

Gillian Keegan has once again defended her remarks that students will not be asked about their grades in 10 years’ time.

The Independent UK

Children referred to social care ‘twice as likely to fail GCSE maths or English’

Action for Children said it had analysed 1.6 million children’s results across England from 2019 to 2021.

The Independent UK

GCSE results for boys ‘a matter of national concern’

Girls leapt to their highest lead over boys in GCSE results during the pandemic

Evening Standard

Hollyoaks spoilers: Charlie Dean is in a BAD WAY on GCSE results day!

Airs Thursday 24 August 2023 on Channel 4 at 6.30pm.

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The Independent UK

Just one in 10 state schools say all pupils take a language at GCSE – report

The number of state schools offering German is significantly lower than private schools, the British Council’s Languages Trends survey suggests.

The Independent UK

Disadvantaged high attainers achieve ‘one GCSE grade lower’ than affluent peers

The social mobility of the next generation is “under threat” unless intervention takes place, the Sutton Trust report warns.

Wales Online

Have a go at these ridiculously hard GCSE questions and see if you're smarter than a 16 year old

A few of them are ridiculously hard

The Guardian - UK

Cuts in school trips in England hitting children in poorer areas hardest, shows poll

Survey shows large cuts to outings, teaching assistants and GCSE and A-level choices, reflecting ‘decades of government underfunding’

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Wales Online

Unqualified school support staff learning GCSE subjects on YouTube before teaching exam classes

Teaching assistants say they are doing the job of teachers, working overtime, and not taking paid meal breaks

Wales Online

Student lost hair at 15 through GCSE stress - now he's got a new look after inspiration from mum

Sam Taylor, 19, of Birmingham, says his eyebrow tattoos are now the envy of his female friends

Wales Online

Student loan grades plan could stop poorer and ethnic minority pupils going to university - study

Under the proposals access to loans could be limited to pupils who have passed GCSE English and maths or two E grades at A level

The Independent UK

Minimum entry requirements for loans will impact poor and minority students

New research finds a quarter of poorer students who sat GCSEs in 2011 and 2012 would not have accessed loans under proposed entry requirements.

The Independent UK

Museum and gallery trips have no impact on GCSE grades – study

The study did find that parents’ and children’s reading habits and activities, such as borrowing library books, had a significant impact on grades.

Chronicle Live

Student grade appeals for 2021 GCSE and A-Level exams soared at North East schools

There was a increase of 350% in exam result appeals from pupils in the North East over 2021

Chronicle Live

Poorer GCSE pupils in North East trailing behind richer peers due to 'dismal' education gap

Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Hartlepool were all found to have over half of its pupils living in long-term poverty

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