GCSE resits

Fixing resits requires fixing the system around them

Persistent challenges face GCSE resit students and their teachers. If the sector is serious about improving outcomes, CPD, funding,...

Jessica Hill
Emily Yeomans
Colleges, GCSE resits

‘Significant disadvantage gap’ in GCSE resits revealed

EPI calls for ‘targeted reforms’ to help students ‘who feel trapped on the resit treadmill’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
GCSE resits

Three exam papers for resits…the maths doesn’t add up for FE

The logistical burden and impact on our teaching is too great – we need to drop from three to...

Jessica Hill
Craig Hodgson
GCSE resits

DfE launches GCSE resit teacher training tender

Prioritise regions with lower attainment rates and high teaching vacancy rates, DfE advises CPD bidders

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
GCSE resits

It’s time for a resits rethink

By rethinking how we approach English and maths resits, we can break the cycle of repeated failure

Jessica Hill
Freya Thomas Monk
GCSE resits, The Staffroom - opinion

Maths resitters aim for bullseye on darts day

Numbers have been brought alive at Nescot with classroom dart boards and a visit by three Darts stars –...

Jessica Hill
Julie Kapsalis
GCSE resits

More targeted interventions are key to GCSE resit success

A one-year ‘GCSE step’ course would better support those resit students that are furthest behind

Jessica Hill
Dr Alice Eardley
GCSE resits

November resits: GCSE English pass rate plummets

But performance in maths re-takes rises marginally

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges, GCSE resits

DfE waters down English and maths resit funding rule shake-up

Incoming changes to minimum teaching hours and tolerance threshold have been relaxed

Billy Camden
Billy Camden