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23 April 2026

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GCSE results 2017: More than 2,000 pupils scored 9s in all three reformed exams

About three per cent of grades awarded to pupils were the highest available in the newly reformed GCSE subjects. But while a small proportion of pupils got the highest grade 9, in two of the reformed subjects – Maths and English language – a higher proportion achieved between a 7 and a 9 than previously […]

The reformed GCSEs are the qualifications this country needs

My daughter may not get the top grade but I’m cheering in the new GCSEs because they promise to be the qualifications our young deserve, says educationalist Jo Saxton This week, some 300,000 of the nation’s young will receive their GCSE results. Among them will be my daughter. Am I worried about the fact that […]

GCSE results 2017: Subject tables

Please note: the GSCE results tables for 2018 will be available here from 9:30 am on Thursday, 23 August, 2018. Now that the GCSE results are out, here are the trend tables for England, showing whether results have gone up or down since 2015 – for all subjects combined, and for individual subjects. As the GCSE […]

GCSE results 2017: Stories from secondary moderns

Teenagers across England will find out the results of their GCSEs today. We’ll be publishing the 2017 national GCSE results here. Among those pupils collecting their results are those who attend secondary modern schools – non-selective schools that recruit from the same neighbourhood as grammar schools. There are close to 300 schools in England that […]

Confusion reigns over new rules for independent coursework reviews

Schools will have to commission independent reviews of GCSE coursework marks if pupils ask, according to new rules imposed by exam boards. Updated guidance from the Joint Council for Qualifications obliges schools to use an “independent assessor” to review marks of non-exam assessments (NEAs) when asked to do so by pupils from now on. But […]

Change to EBacc measure breaks DfE’s own rules

The government’s plans to change the way schools are measured from 2018 appear to conflict with its own rules on accountability reform. On Wednesday, Justine Greening announced that schools will be measured in a new way from 2018 on the English Baccalaureate, a change which will affect pupils already midway through their GCSE courses. However, […]

Academy to slash breaks and extend day to meet new GCSE demands

An academy’s plans to slash its lunchtime break and extend the school day is the latest example of a revamped timetable following the introduction of the new “big fat” GCSEs. Ashlawn School, a partially selective academy in Rugby, told parents the timetable changes have been proposed to “meet the challenges” of the reformed GCSEs and […]

Errors in exam papers tripled this year, Ofqual report reveals

The number of ‘material errors’ in the design of A level and GCSE exam papers has more than tripled in a year, affecting 323,000 pupils this summer. Ofqual’s report on the 2016 summer exams shows the number of reported assessment material errors rose from 11 in 2015 to 37 this year. The biggest rise was […]