Exams

Changes made to exams mean schools are tripped up as they try to achieve a decent league table position, headteachers warn, as the number of secondaries considered under-performing doubles in a year.

As the chief inspector of schools warns that progress in primary schools is being undermined by a stalling of improvement in secondaries, Channel 4 News looks at some of the worst areas.

It was a tense morning for GCSE students opening their results at Severn Vale School in Quedgeley, Gloucester. Would more rigorous exams mean lower grades?

The latest exam results show a rise in the number of A* to C grades overall, but grades in English have fallen slightly, as exam chiefs say GCSE reforms have played a part in the changing trends.

An accidental email from Nottingham Trent university tells students “you do not meet the requirements for your original chosen course”.

If you have not quite got the grades you were after, or perhaps have done better than predicted, what should you do next?

It’s A-level results day and before these students could fully enjoy themselves, Channel 4 News thought they’d go and tell them a few hard ‘truths’.

UK teenagers are failing to keep up with youngsters in many Asian countries in reading, maths and science, according to a new OECD survey. Where has British education gone wrong?

Teenagers are to be graded from one to nine instead of A* to G in the biggest shake-up of GCSEs in the exam’s history.

Students can no longer resit A-level exams in January, meaning some who miss their offer grades may forgo university altogether.

As more than 700,000 teenagers across the country receive their GCSE results, National Careers Service adviser Vicky Coleman runs through the most common queries with Channel 4 News.

GCSEs in England are being reformed, with tougher exams replacing coursework and a new grading structure to tackle “rampant grade inflation”.

Education Secretary Michael Gove says enough is enough: the time has come to make GCSEs harder. Why is he taking action now and what is going to change?

After mounting political pressure, Education Secretary Michael Gove tells parliament plans to replace GCSEs with a new English Baccalaureate Certificate will be shelved and existing exams improved.