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23 April 2026

Tag: GCSEs

How exam boards make sure GCSE and A level results are on a ‘level playing field’

Once again this year there has been outcries that “grade boundaries” have been moved so that it is “harder” to get a grade C. Below, Pearson’s Lesley Davies explains the boundary setting process. And, here, Ofqual goes through comparable outcomes and how it affects grade. The process of setting grade boundaries can seem complicated and […]

Policy Exchange’s ‘resit levy’ will rob Peter to pay Paul

Policy Exchange’s “Crossing the Line” report explores “improving success rates among students retaking English and Maths GCSEs” and is a welcome acknowledgement of the funding difficulties faced in the further education (FE) sector, but presents a deeply problematic solution in a “per pupil levy” for schools where students fail to achieve a grade C. At […]

‘Inspiring’ Jessica shines with GCSE results

Wheelchair bound Jessica Soanes, who attends Sherborne School for Girls boarding school, has excelled in her GCSE results with two A*s, six As and a C. Jess has Arnold Chiari Malformation, a condition which means she is frequently in a lot of pain, resulting in a lot of time out of school, this year in […]

Pupils score top grades on teacher-assessed speaking and listening tests

More pupils scored the top mark on speaking and listening GCSE English tests this year compared to any other grade. It won’t help the pupils, though, as the exams no longer count towards their final English GCSE grades. In this year’s tests, the second not to count toward English language and literature final grades, 32.2 […]

Language GCSE numbers continue to decline

Fewer pupils are taking foreign languages GCSEs than last year, figures show. Data released by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) shows a 5 per cent drop in the number of young people taking modern foreign languages. German saw the biggest hit, with a near 10 per cent fall, down to 54,037 this year from […]

Derbyshire pupil triumphs in GCSE results after near death experience

Ormiston Ilkeston Enterprise Academy pupil Maxine Clay, who nearly died after falling into a diabetic coma, meaning she missed all of year 10, is celebrating after achieving four Cs, a D and an E. Maxine (pictured above) spent 10 months in hospital after being in a coma for three weeks as her internal organs began shutting […]

“Significant drop” in top grades for GCSE science as entries rise

The number of pupils taking science at GCSE has increased by nearly four per cent – but overall science results have fallen, data released by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ) shows. The number of entries to science, additional science and further additional science this year increased by 7.5 per cent. More than 750,000 young […]

Cramlington School celebrates GCSE results despite inadequate Ofsted rating

Cramlington Learning Village, a teaching school which is to lose its status after it was found to be inadequate by Ofsted last month, has seen a 5 per cent rise in GCSE results this year. The academy, which caters for 2,000 pupils in Northumberland, had 58 per cent of students achieve five or more A* […]