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

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Year 11 pupils are studying for their GCSEs across the West Midlands at the moment. It's got us thinking about what exams ...

Teenagers across the UK will be receiving their GCSE grades this morning. School pupils will learn what they have achieved during their time in senior school. The vast majority of students taking ...

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Thousands of students across the UK will find out what grades they achieved in their GCSE exams today, August 21, as results day arrives. Pupils will find out their grades when they head back to their ...

Year 11 pupils are collecting their GCSEs across the West Midlands. Grades are now numerical - 1 to 9 - rather than the traditional A-G system but how different are the papers to when we took them as ...

Exam bosses have been accused of "patronising" Welsh literature and students in a recent GCSE exam. Instead of using the wealth of Welsh writing available the WJEC commissioned specially written works ...

Maths is a subject that people either love and understand or dislike and avoid with a passion. But, for Year 11 students across the UK, they have no choice but to learn about fractions, algebra, ...

Check your GCSE exams using our helpful guide to GCSE exam dates 2026 or find your SQA exams using our guide to the Scottish exams in 2026. Want to practise GCSE exam-style questions? Bitesize quizzes ...

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