As thousands of Year 11 students across the UK tackle their mock exams, one thing has teachers and parents equally stumped: the rise of the so-called “impossible” GCSE maths question. Lindsey Wright, ...

The college is offering a fast-track GCSE maths course for those who need a Grade 4 or above and want to fit studying around their other commitments. The course - starting in January 2026 - covers ...

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped after the pass rate fell to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

The government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose”, education leaders have warned. Politicians have been urged to “rethink” how young people are ...

But males overtake females in maths as colleges brace for even more resit students in English But males overtake females in maths as colleges brace for even more resit students in English Pass rates ...

Thousands of teenagers are opening up their GCSE and BTEC results this morning, with some taking part in a ground-breaking pilot scheme that allows them to access their grades through a mobile app. It ...

The number of pupils sitting resits this year was at an all-time high For almost a quarter of pupils taking Maths and English GCSEs this year, it wasn't their first rodeo. Some 23.4% of pupils taking ...

This year's GCSE exams are well under way and the first maths paper - one of three - has come and gone. And parents who have children going through the turbulent period in their academic careers will ...

This week, teenagers across the UK have been sitting their GCSE exams in a range of subjects, including maths. However, one particular GCSE calculation, dubbed 'impossible', has left even parents ...

But some insisted their paper was the hardest paper they'd done, while others questioned whether the exam board 'hates children' Teens across the UK left exam halls jubilant yesterday, following the ...

A GCSE Maths paper had students partying online after a very gentle cruise into exam season today (Thursday, May 15) - for many, it was "lightwork". Students got so lucky that one even said they had ...