Across the UK, teenagers have been grappling with everything from fractions to ratios as they tackle their GCSE maths exams. This year, one particular question attracted the ire of parents and the ...

General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) exams are already under way for 14 to 16-year-olds in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They began on Friday, May 12. While various subjects and ...

Pupils who worry about their exam performance are more likely to do badly than those who are less anxious, research shows. Further research results show that academic buoyancy protects pupils against ...

After revising long and hard for their exams over the past couple of months, British teenagers have finally received their GCSE results today. Year 11's results day makes for a tense spectacle for ...

GCSE exam time for students could be reduced by up to three hours on average, the government has announced. It follows a curriculum review that criticised the current volume as "excessive". The final ...

The Government will work to cut GCSE exam time by two-and-a-half to three hours for the average student, it has announced, after the curriculum review said current exam volume was “excessive”. The ...

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Pupils picking up their GCSE results today face the 'fiercest ever' scramble for college places as results show more top grades were awarded this year. The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top ...