GCSEs

‘This isn’t the end of pen-and-paper exams’, Pearson says as English GCSEs set to go on-screen

The board is the latest to announce its timeline for digital assessment, but will still offer the choice of...

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
GCSEs, resits, Results 2023

GCSE resits 2023: Maths and English pass rates down again

Results still off pre-pandemic levels due to 'a more changeable cohort' post-16

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
GCSEs

More research needed into GCSE resit teaching methods, charity says

No robust evidence base for post-16 English and maths teaching, EEF concludes

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
GCSEs

‘Groundbreaking’ progress for GCSE maths resit students in pilot, researchers claim

Study says students make one month of additional progress on intervention programme

Jason Noble
Jason Noble
GCSEs

GCSE re-sits: ‘Wrong’ grades drain students and resources

Ofqual’s own methodology shows the re-sits policy is wrongly affecting enough students to fill a moderately-sized stadium every season,...

JL Dutaut
Dennis Sherwood
GCSEs, The Staffroom - opinion

How to relieve Reflective Achievement Deficit Syndrome

Maths GCSE re-sit students don't need the subject to be more 'relevant', says Tom Broomhead. They need us to...

JL Dutaut
Tom Broomhead
GCSEs, Results 2022

GCSE results 2022: Maths and English resits pass rate takes big drop

Pass rate also takes a slight dip on pre-pandemic levels

Jason Noble
Jason Noble