GCSEs

The core science GCSEs cover a wide array of physics, chemistry and biology concepts

Your complete guide to the core science GCSEs

English GCSE exams for some pupils may be available onscreen in the near future

English GCSEs may soon move onscreen - with more soon to follow

These are some of the key dates parents need to know for 2025

The key dates in education that parents need to know in 2025

Selective grammar schools and comprehensive schools alike made the list in different parts of England

Each region's top 5 state secondary schools for 2025

Northamptonshire has plenty of academically-competitive secondary schools

Northamptonshire's 14 top state secondary schools of 2024

These apps can help prepare pupils ahead of the summer exam season

7 of Apple's top-rated free education apps for GCSEs and A Levels

Algebra, geometry and statistics will all make an appearance in GCSE-level maths

What this year's GCSE maths pupils will learn before their final exam

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

Homeschooling can offer more flexibility for families, an education expert says

'I'm a GCSEs tutor - here's what you should know before homeschooling'

Gordonstoun was one of two Scottish schools to make the list

The UK's 25 finest private senior schools, named among world's best

It is now likely GCSE maths and science students will not need to remember formulas for their exams until at least 2027 (Photo: Adobe Stock)

GCSE students to get extra Covid exam help in these key subjects

Three GCSE exams are now likely to be that little bit easier for students ✍

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Secondary schools are typically ranked by their 'Progress 8' scores (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How England's best performing secondary schools are ranked

The reading lists for each exam board are periodically updated (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

A full guide to the GCSE English literature reading list this year

Exams and results day can be an anxiety-inducing time for many young people (Image: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty)

Four out of five young people say exams 'harmed their mental health'

Did Kate Middleton get better GCSE results than Prince William and Prince Harry?

Royal GCSE Results: Did Kate Middleton do better than Prince William?

Students who sat their GCSEs are getting their results today (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

How to find out how close you were to a higher GCSE grade

Results day can be a nerve-wracking time for GCSE candidates (Photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Girls continue to dominate GCSEs but top grades dip - full breakdown

Two languages and a STEM subject are affected (Image: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

The three GCSE subjects which were graded ‘more generously’

GCSE results day for 2024 is here (File photo: Pete Summers/Getty Images)

What pupils and families should expect on GCSE results day

GCSE results day can be a stressful time for students who may not have done as well as they had hoped (Stock photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

How to appeal your GCSE results

GCSE results day for 5.8 million students is almost here (File photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

What GCSE pupils and families should know about grades for results day

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the current curriculum is holding both schools and children back (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

How Labour could overhaul England's 'outdated' curriculum and exams

For many secondary school students, university offers will be dependent on their exam results (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty)

When secondary school pupils will get their exam results across the UK

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NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

Everything you need to know about the A-level and GCSE ahead of the result days in August. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

A-level & GCSEs result days 2023 - what are the dates?

Children going to secondary school in September will find out which school they will be going to this week

Secondary school offers 2023: How to submit an appeal

Henry Pollock and Aaron Hinkley shone for Saints against Saracens

Pollock a 'stand-out' performer for Saints against Saracens

Matt Ferguson hailed Henry Pollock as a stand-out player for Saints after the 17-year-old delivered a huge display in the 58-34 win against Saracens on Wednesday night.

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These are the top 20 most stressful things about parenting a teenager

Annie Slinn, 25, from Upton, Northampton, was 15 and studying for her GCSEs when her mum, Judith, was diagnosed with a grade two astrocytoma brain tumour in 2011.

Northampton woman, 25, takes on Great North Run in memory of mum who died of a b...

The BBC will broadcast school lessons on TV during lockdown - here’s when and wh...

Hundreds more pupils in Northamptonshire got higher grades in their English and maths GCSEs this summer, according to government figures for schools across the area.

Hundreds more Northamptonshire pupils get higher GCSE grades

Research found that disadvantaged pupils were on average 18 months behind their wealthier peers (Photo: Shutterstock)

Poorer school pupils in England are 18 months behind their better off classmates...

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...

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Hold the celebrations ... Diary of a Corona Kid (week 12)

The focus has now changed for Caitlin (not pictured)

Lockdown focus... Diary of a Corona Kid

Disadvantaged children are to be given free laptops and 4G internet connections as part of a new government scheme (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is who is eligible to get free laptops for home schooling - and how to appl...

This is when pupils in the UK could return to school as coronavirus pandemic con...

Is a free Nando's just what you're needing on results day? (Photo: Nando's)

Free Nando’s up for grabs for students today for A-Levels results day - this is ...

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

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Headteacher Charlotte Whysall outside the new school

Delight as special school moves into its new home in Daventry

Daventry UTC

Key meeting to take place on Monday to discuss future of Daventry UTC pupils as ...

Centre co-ordinator Jo Davies.

Advice session for students

Students in Daventry who have not yet decided on their next steps after GCSEs are invited to an advice session on Wednesday.

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Students working on interactive health and safety activites

Students learning real world skills with rail firms

Julie Barton, who adopted a daughter with her husband Kevin seven years ago.

Foster carer reveals ‘wonderful experience’ adopting a child has changed their l...

Increasing time online and watching TV is harming exam results according to new research

Watching TV and spending time online ‘can damage exam results’

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