FOR years students have familiarised themselves with GCSE exams during their time in secondary education – but before that students sat O levels. But when did this change in exams happen and what was ...

Top GCSE grades have dropped slightly this summer but are still higher than pre-pandemic levels. The share of GCSE entries across England, Wales and Northern Ireland awarded a grade 7 or above – ...

Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland are poised to discover their A-level and GCSE results. A-level and AS-level results will be released on 14 August. On the ...

GCSE and A-level exams could be taken on laptops by as early as 2030, after pupils complained of writing fatigue because their hand muscles 'aren't strong enough'. Exams watchdog, Ofqual, is launching ...

There are set to be big changes to A-levels, AS-levels and GCSEs in Northern Ireland. The Education Minister Paul Givan has said that pupils are being "over-tested" in school. His department is ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has announced a major U-turn on A level and GCSE exams in England, scrapping an algorithm to decide results and basing them on teacher predictions instead. It ...

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has fallen from last year but is higher than before the pandemic – while students in England were left worse off than those in Wales and Northern ...

We're wrapping up our live coverage of results day for GCSE and other Level 2 students. Well done to all of you who got your results today. You can read the round-up of today's news here, and if ...

The “chronic” underperformance of boys at GCSE level should be treated as a “major issue”, a leading education expert has warned. Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and ...

Total entries for this summer’s GCSE and A-level exams have risen. Ofqual has released provisional entries for GCSE and A-level summer 2023 exams (Gareth Fuller/PA) German, music and drama are ...