Recommendations to help young people make better progress post-16 will be reflected in the coming skills white paper, Professor Becky Francis said.

Much of the existing guidance on transition focuses on subject choices or how to choose the most suitable destination for ...

10:18, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 Updated: 10:27, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 No more beating about the bush. If the latest GCSE results in maths and English are anything to go by, we’re all doomed. Two in five pupils ...

The percentage of GCSE students achieving a standard pass has fallen slightly this year, sparking renewed concerns over the number of young people in England who may now be required to resit their ...

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 is considering scrapping compulsory English and maths resits at GCSE level. Pupils who fail these subjects at GCSE, aged 16, are made to resit them if they stay on for sixth form, since ...

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 ...

The big day that thousands of teens across the country have been waiting for, is here again. After months of hard study - and weeks of waiting in anticipation - the all important GCSE results and ...

We're celebrating great GCSE results from schools across Birmingham and the West Midlands - and there have been some incredible success stories. Our blog has everything you need to know from grade ...

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