GCSE exam times to be slashed under new government plans - It follows a curriculum review that criticised the amount of time ...

The final curriculum review report, commissioned by Labour last year, has recommended exam volume at key stage 4 be reduced ...

A review found the current volume of GCSE exams is "excessive", with the final report recommending key stage 4 exams be cut ...

The Government launched a review of curriculum and assessment in schools and colleges just weeks after winning the general ...

Colleges in England are demanding a review of an "exceptional and unfair grade boundary increase" in an English language GCSE exam designed for resit students. They say an 11-mark increase of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Before 2004, it was compulsory for pupils in state schools in England to study a foreign language from the age of 11 to 16.

Experts warn a number of areas face "acute" competition for sixth-form places - singling out one major city THOUSANDS of teenagers will have to resit their GCSE English and Maths exams after fewer ...