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Winners of The Bedford College Group FE Student Awards for Northamptonshire.

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The WW2 bomb found by Adam Makewell and his son Cameron Makewell in the River Ure in Yorkshire.

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The summer exam season is coming up quick

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These schools were among the country's highest performers in the most recent school year

England's top 20 secondary schools for 2025 named in league table

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

Manor School Students Celebrate GCSE Results

Manor School celebrates GCSE students’ success

Staff celebrating students’ results. Mr Cope (left), Emily (centre) and Mr Frazer (right).

Guilsborough Academy celebrates exceptional GCSE and Level 2 BTEC results

Jess Hughes: “Oh my God! I’m so happy; I’m freaking out. Covid didn’t win!”

Chenderit School - GCSE Level Results 2024

Where pupils can get free food to celebrate GCSE results day (Photo: Macus - stock.adobe.com)

Restaurants offering free food to GCSE students on results day

Single sex grammar schools took out most of the top spots across England (Photo: National World/Google)

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Special measures to make sure students sitting major exams weren't unfairly impacted by the pandemic have gradually slowed down (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Do pupils still get Covid consideration in exams? All you need to know

There's still nearly two months to go until students will find out how they did in their GCSE exams (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

GCSE marking system explained as pupils await exam results

Here’s what you can do if you fail your GCSE exams. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

How to resit your GCSE exams if you fail

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

Students are gearing up for GCSE exams

Quiz: Can you answer these GCSE maths questions

Alessia Emanuele (left) and Harriet Williams (right) from Northampton High School collect their results.

Live GCSE results day 2022: Live updates of all the results across Northampton

Nandos is giving out free food to students

Nando’s is giving away free food to students on results day this month

These are the areas with the smartest students in England

Nearly one in five of the county's secondary school students were absent during the last week of March, according to official figures

Teachers fears over GCSE students missing school under ‘ignoring Covid plan’

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Students can choose A-Level and GCSE exam topics next year - Ofqual and educatio...

A number of big restaurant chains - including Nando’s - are offering free food deals to A Level and GCSE students this week (Photos: Getty Images/Flickr)

Where to get free food on GCSE results day 2021 - including Nando’s, Las Iguanas...

MPs say terms like “white privilege” may have contributed towards neglect of poorer white pupils (Photo: Shutterstock)

Poorer white pupils suffer years of neglect due to terms like ‘white privilege’,...

GCSE and A Level grades will be decided by teachers this year, exams watchdog Ofqual has announced (Photo: Shutterstock)

GCSE and A Level results will be decided by teachers this year - despite 2020's ...

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GCSE, A Levels and SATs exams in England will be replaced by teacher assessments...

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Guilsborough Academy on West Haddon Road, Guilsborough. Photo: Google

GCSE results day 2020: Guilsborough Academy filled with 'pride and delight' by s...

The exam board is regrading all of the results (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why BTec results have been delayed - and how grades will be calculated

Ofqual is reviewing its process for appeals (Photo: Shutterstock)

Ofqual has suspended its criteria for pupils wanting to appeal their A levels an...

Pupils will be able to use their mock exam results as the basis for an appeal (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is how to appeal your GCSE and A level results

Grades will be decided in a different way this year due to cancelled exams (Photo: Shutterstock)

A Level students will not be awarded final grades lower than their mock exam res...

This year's grades have been marked differently due to school closures caused by the pandemic. (Shuttertsock)

Students unable to appeal exam results this year are being handed a ‘life senten...

Exams across the UK were cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning grades this year have been calculated in a different way (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when GCSE results will be out in England - and how to collect grades

The sessions will be streamed online for free.

Northants students can be part of a free online operating theatre experience

The tool features three to five minute revision videos presented in a Netflix-style layout (Photo: Shutterstock)

GCSE students can access a free learning resource while schools are closed - her...

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How many of these GCSE exam questions can you answer correctly? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Quiz: Can you get these GCSE exam questions right?

Could you pass GCSE maths? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Quiz: Can you pass this maths GCSE exam?

The number of students in the county taking GCSE religious studies has dropped by more than three quarters in just two years.

Northamptonshire students lose faith in GCSE religious studies as uptake drops m...

Almost 40 per cent of pupils in Northamptonshire not hitting the GCSE grade in E...

Moulton College (Picture: Google)

Northamptonshire college rated 'inadequate' by Ofsted as report raises concerns ...

Many schools in the UK are currently closed, and it's not just the pupils who are pleased about it (Photo: Shutterstock)

The funniest, most gleeful tweets from teachers who are off work because of the ... By The Newsroom

Quiz: would you pass the new, harder GCSE maths exam?

Poorer children are being left behind when it comes to learning languages

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Talented sculptor gives help to students of all ages at Daventry school

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Daventry school '˜making good progress' in turnaround, say inspectors

Campion School in Bugbrooke increase achievements in English and maths GCSE

'˜Team spirit' helped Guilsborough Academy pupils to GCSE success

Ame Wiles, Thomas Massey, Ella Penn, Matthew Hart

Sponne School in Towcester celebrates GCSE success

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Should schools be fined over GCSEs?

Schools ‘should be fined’ if pupils fail to meet key GCSE targets

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