GCSEs
Exam season makes everyone unhappy. Why do we put up with it? | Zoe Williams
The intolerable pressure leads to terrible family rows. I thought I had escaped the worst of it with my children, but I now realise I was wrong, writes Zoe Williams
Zoe Williams
05, Jun, 2023 @3:07 PM
Languages and creative arts losing favour with GCSE and A-level students
More vocational subjects such as computing and business preferred by those studying in England
Rachel Hall
01, Jun, 2023 @3:31 PM
Pupils who used food banks in pandemic fared worse at GCSEs, study finds
Findings prompt concerns about long-term impact of cost-of-living crisis on poorer students’ life chances
Sally Weale Education correspondent
25, May, 2023 @5:00 AM
Cuts in school trips in England hitting children in poorer areas hardest, shows poll
Survey shows large cuts to outings, teaching assistants and GCSE and A-level choices, reflecting ‘decades of government underfunding’
Sally Weale Education correspondent
25, Apr, 2023 @11:01 PM
Schools’ Stem diversity problem needs systemic solution, say MPs
Report finds students from black Caribbean backgrounds in England ‘acutely’ underrepresented in Stem
Sally Weale Education correspondent
24, Mar, 2023 @5:01 AM
Ministers put £15m towards tackling decline in language learning in England
Exclusive: University College London to develop language programme in secondary schools over three years
Anna Bawden
03, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM
Good early years teaching may boost earnings of children in England – study
Study reports one in 40 primary schools in England produce entire classes likely to earn more than their peers
Richard Adams Education editor
26, Jan, 2023 @9:30 AM
Surge in GCSE and A-level candidates penalised for ‘malpractice’ in England
Possession of mobile phones and smartwatches the biggest single cause for sanctions
Richard Adams Education editor
15, Dec, 2022 @2:43 PM
A testing time for schools to do better | Letter
Letter: Helping children achieve higher scores in exams does not do much for most of those living in poverty, writes Simon Gibbs
Letters
28, Oct, 2022 @4:10 PM
GCSE grades gap for disadvantaged pupils in England widest in a decade
Experts say summer’s results mean new child poverty strategy needed to tackle worsening gulf in attainment
Richard Adams and Sally Weale
20, Oct, 2022 @4:31 PM
Four out of five pupils in England say progress suffered due to Covid
State school pupils twice as likely to feel they have fallen behind than peers in private schools, landmark study finds
Sally Weale Education correspondent
13, Oct, 2022 @5:00 AM
England’s A-level and GCSE grades to fall to pre-Covid levels in 2023
Some warn about impact on disadvantaged students, who suffered greatest learning loss during pandemic
Richard Adams Education editor
29, Sep, 2022 @3:43 PM
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