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Hundreds of thousands of pupils to receive GCSE results

Education experts have expressed concerns over the gender gap at GCSE which sees girls consistently outperforming boys.

Evening Standard · Aug 19

GCSE results day 2026: Hundreds of thousands of pupils to receive results

Education experts have reiterated concerns over the gender gap at GCSE

The Independent UK · Aug 19

GCSE Results 2026: Why Schools Have Your Grades Before You

GCSE students receive their 2026 results on 20 August, but schools get grades earlier under strict JCQ rules to prepare for results day.

International Business Times UK · Aug 19

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A-level results: key takeaways for language learning

Exam-entry statistics in the summer tend to prompt debates about the future of language learning in the UK. These are often framed around languages being in crisis: fewer young people study languages than two decades ago, and concerns persist about the UK’s linguistic capacity in an interconnected world.

The Conversation · Aug 13

British girl who died on Caribbean family holiday was ‘killed in boat explosion’

Tourists on board the boat have described blast that left two dozen people injured in Dominican Republic

The Independent UK · Aug 11

National Year of Reading should extend to a decade, inquiry says

The education committee also proposed a National Reading Guarantee, ensuring all children have frequent opportunities to enjoy reading

The Guardian - UK · Jul 16

Eco-literate children can be stewards of nature – here’s how to boost environmental education

Most of my ecology and evolution undergraduates have never held a pair of binoculars or looked at a bug through a magnifying glass. They don’t know how to use a key to identify a plant or insect, let alone why they should bother. They struggle to name common garden birds.…

The Conversation · Jun 16

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Natural history GCSE to teach teenagers to plant wildflower-friendly gardens

Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity

The Guardian - UK · Jun 11

Only GCSE reform can free up space to teach financial literacy

Letter: Teaching practical maths skills is tricky in an overstuffed curriculum, writes Myles McGinley, in response to an article by Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7

How Rastr Technologies Could Change the Business Future of Independent Comics Forever

Comic books are becoming progressively harder to break into for independent creators. One self-imposed problem for many indie creators is that they insist on doing business from an outdated and traditionalist mindset. Upcoming fintech companies with pioneering technologies, like Rastr Technologies, are proving that indie creators need to hyper-evolve the…

Personal Finance Advice · May 19

GCSE students to receive help sheets until 2030

The Government announced its plans for the revised curriculum last year

The Independent UK · Mar 2

Spanish is clearly now the world’s coolest language. So why do we push children to learn French?

As Bad Bunny showed at the Super Bowl, español is the coming thing. No wonder it’s now the top GCSE language choice, says journalist Gary Nunn

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10

Hugh Grant says moving GCSE and A-Level exams online would be a ‘catastrophe’

The Notting Hill star said the move would be of great cost to children’s “education, mental health and safety”

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2025

Exam board Pearson fined £2m for ‘serious’ breaches in standards

Ofqual issues fines over English proficiency test that some candidates sat at home, A-level Chinese and GCSE English

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2025

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The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2025

Some GCSEs and A-levels in England could be taken on laptops by 2030, Ofqual says

Qualifications watchdog launches consultation amid complaints from pupils about writing fatigue in exams

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025

GCSE and A-Level exams could be set for major shake-up

GCSEs in smaller-entry subjects – and most A-level exams – could be moved onto screens by the end of the decade

Evening Standard · Dec 11, 2025

Several GCSE and A-level exams could be taken on screen from 2030

Exams regulator Ofqual is consulting on allowing exam boards to each submit proposals for two qualifications with onscreen elements.

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

Students to face less time in exams in shake-up of GCSEs

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The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2025

AI to be added to curriculum in English schools amid education shakeup

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has announced the biggest national curriculum review for a decade

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2025

National curriculum review in England: 10 key recommendations

Proposals include shortening length of GCSE exams, a new diagnostic test in maths and English, and expanding RE

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2025

Government announces plan to cut GCSE exam time by up to three hours

The final curriculum review report, commissioned by Labour last year, has recommended exam volume at key stage 4 be reduced by 10%.

Evening Standard · Oct 17, 2025

Curriculum review will support changing ‘inflexible approach’ to GCSE resits

Recommendations to help young people make better progress post-16 will be reflected in the coming skills white paper, Professor Becky Francis said.

Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025

Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’

In 2004, language learning ceased to be compulsory at Key Stage 4, aged 14 to 16.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2025

The Guardian view on GCSE resits: admitting the problem is just the first step

Editorial: The low pass rate in compulsory retakes is one of many challenges in 16-19 education

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2025

Time for a reality check: Britain cannot be a big global player unless we speak more languages

For all the talk of addressing the problem, things have got worse. Which is criminal when there is so much we could do, says journalist Sophia Smith Galer

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