A man who left school at 16 with a single GCSE in maths is now teaching the next generation of construction workers. Tragedy struck Joe Hardingham, from Gateshead, when he dislocated his knee while ...

As thousands of Year 11 students across the UK tackle their mock exams, one thing has teachers and parents equally stumped: the rise of the so-called “impossible” GCSE maths question. Lindsey Wright, ...

03:44, Tue, Nov 18, 2025 Updated: 03:44, Tue, Nov 18, 2025 An investigation by the Sun has exposed a startling array of perks provided to illegal migrants held in removal centres, including private ...

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 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 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 ...

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Education Minister Paul Givan has congratulated pupils from Northern Ireland after they secured the top GCSE results in the UK. The provisional results show that 31.6% of students here achieved at ...

But some insisted their paper was the hardest paper they'd done, while others questioned whether the exam board 'hates children' Teens across the UK left exam halls jubilant yesterday, following the ...

A GCSE maths question is so difficult, it left 85% of people scratching their heads in a bid to try and answer it correctly. The month of May signals the start of exam season, with millions of pupils ...

How do you simplify fractions? And what about multiplying two-digit numbers? Many children need additional help to understand and apply mathematical concepts. But parents of school-age children are ...