Everyone makes mistakes—and sometimes those mistakes can lead to surprising discoveries. In the early 1990s, while programming the computer game Doom, game developer John Carmack set the value of pi ...

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 proportion of GCSE entries scoring a decent pass has fallen again this year, prompting fears about young people in England being forced to resit their English and maths exams. More than two in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thousands of students across the UK will find out what grades they achieved in their GCSE exams today, August 21, as results day arrives. Pupils will find out their grades when they head back to their ...

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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 ...

An 11-year-old boy has passed his maths GCSE with the highest grade possible. Harry Clark achieved a grade nine for the higher paper and also got an eight in his further maths exam, falling just one ...

The curriculum and assessment review is due to set out its recommendations for young people who do not secure a decent pass in the autumn. The number of post-16 students taking GCSE resits in the ...