Students in their final year of GCSEs or A-levels will now be looking to begin the coursework component of their exams. While the UK system weighs heavily in favour of structured exams, coursework entries can make up to 25% of the final grade, and a strong performance here can make all the differenc...
Read more ›As the autumn term approaches, thoughts turn to the year ahead. For many students this includes GCSE and A-level exams. This time of year is also traditionally one of the busiest for private tutors as well-prepared students, looking to avoid an end-of-year cramming session, begin to make enquiries.
...Read more ›This year's GCSE results were the best yet, but inevitably some pupils will have been disappointed with their grades. Many A-level courses require pupils to have obtained at least 5 A*-C GCSEs. Those who haven't achieved this standard, but want to proceed to further study, may decide to take the pri...
Read more ›Following our report yesterday of overall GCSE trends, here is a regional breakdown of how pupils scored in this year's GCSEs.
Northern Ireland's students performed the best of all, with 75.1% of exams gaining an A*-C grade and 27.1% scoring an A or A*.
In England, 66.9% of exams scored an A*- C g...
Read more ›750,000 students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their GCSE results today. An analysis of overall trends in this year's GCSE results yields findings almost identical to those of last week's A-level results.
These were the main trends:
One in five exam papers received an A or A* g...Read more ›