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GCSE results day: Number of top grades and passes down in England
GCSE results are out and the number of top grades and passes awarded are down again.
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GCSE results: North-South divide widens
After two years of teacher assessments due to the pandemic, this year’s GCSE results day brought a predicted drop in the proportion of pupils getting top grades.
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The Covid Generation: In-person exams return for GCSE and A-Level students for the first time in three years
Across England and Wales, pupils are revising for their A-Level and GCSE exams. Always a stressful time, the pupils facing exams this year have already had to deal with school closures, remote learning, time off with Covid and, for some, dealing with the symptoms of Long Covid. Now in-person exams are back for the first…
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GCSEs and A-Level exams in 2022 to be graded more generously
Exams across Britain will be graded more generously this year to take account of the disruption to education caused by the pandemic.
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GCSE results: Students achieve record number of top grades
Students have won record numbers of top GCSE grades after another year of cancelled exams and disrupted education. Almost a third of students in England and Wales got the highest marks – rising to 40 per cent in Northern Ireland. But the gap in outcomes has widened between state and private schools. Throughout the pandemic,…
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Boris Johnson defends plans for teachers to decide England’s GCSE and A-level grades
Boris Johnson has defended plans to get teachers to grade England’s GCSE and A-level students this year, calling it a “good compromise”.
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Teacher assessment to replace GCSE and A-Level exams
Pupils in England will not sit exams this summer, but will get grades based on teacher assessments.
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‘It will be really difficult to run’ GCSEs and A-Levels this year, says union chief
Kevin Courtney is the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, the largest union to represent teachers and education professionals in the UK.
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GCSEs and A-levels cancelled in Wales
Wales has cancelled all GCSE and A-level exams, in favour of teacher assessments which will be done in the classroom. Scotland has already cancelled its National 5 exams, the equivalent to GCSEs, but A-level pupils will be allowed to sit exams. There is now pressure on England and Northern Ireland to take action as well.
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Labour calls for 2021 GCSE and A-level exams to be delayed
Pupils might be returning to schools in England and Wales this week, but after so long out of the classroom, there are fears of continuing disruption.
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Students have been ‘disregarded’ says GCSE pupil
Thousands of teenagers have been awarded their GCSE grades today, after months of disruption and days of U-turns.
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The story behind the GCSE and A-level exam results U-turn
The fiasco around grading has thrown the entire education sector into disarray.
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Rise in GCSE passes but BTEC results are pulled by exam board
More than a quarter of pupils in England got top grades in their GCSEs.
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Concerns over disadvantaged children facing unfair treatment in GCSE and A-Level results
The nail-biting wait for GCSE and A-Level results will have an added surreal quality this August, as pupils hear what grades they will get for exams they did not sit because of the Covid-19 lockdown.
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Number of students passing GCSEs edges up
The number of students passing their GCSEs or scoring top grades has edged up for the second year running – despite claims that the exams have got harder.
