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September 2024

  • Aerial view of an invigilator walking past rows of pupils wearing school uniform sitting an exam

    Experts raise concerns over ‘unreliable’ marking of GCSE English

  • Malorie Blackman

    UK English curricula should focus on ‘inclusive and diverse’ stories, author says

  • Student using a calculator in an exam

    IGCSE maths preparation is easier than GCSE

  • Teenagers using mobile phones while seated in rows during an exam.

    Exam Nation by Sammy Wright review – an essential lesson for Britain’s grade-obsessed education system

  • Gavin Williamson to face Covid inquiry over impact of school closures

  • English grammar schools raising funds with charge for mock 11-plus exam

  • There is no evidence that GCSEs are harder than IGCSEs

  • Where are writers of colour in the school curriculum?

28 August 2024

  • Pupils sitting an exam

    The real unfairness and scandal of GCSE exams

    Letters: Readers including Corinna Jones and Mary Gildea respond to articles about last week’s GCSE results

25 August 2024

  • pupils in exam hall

    Observer letters
    A-levels: Inequality extends into the exam room

    Wealthier pupils in Britain have many more advantages than poorer ones when it comes to study

23 August 2024

  • Michael Rosen

    Miss Pope, my science teacher, would have approved of music and ice lollies in class. Exams aren’t the only way to learn

    Michael Rosen
    Hands-on learning works: no wonder science professionals are urging schools to go beyond the Gove curriculum, says writer Michael Rosen

22 August 2024

  • Students reacts after opening their GCSE results at the City of London Academy Southwark.

    The Guardian view on GCSE results day: mind the disadvantage gap

  • Ella Baron on GCSE exams stress – cartoon

    Guardian Opinion cartoon
    Ella Baron on GCSE exams stress – cartoon

  • 16-year-olds across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive their GCSE results

    1:10

    'I just screamed when I saw them': GCSE results return to pre-Covid levels – video

  • Pupils at Ark Pioneer academy in Barnet, north London, receive their GCSE results

    England’s GCSE results show ingrained social and regional inequality post-Covid

  • ‘I’m really proud’: GCSE pupils tell of relief at results after Covid disruption

  • GCSE results for 16-year-olds return to pre-Covid levels

  • Gap between top GCSE grades at private and state schools grows – as it happened

  • Study arts and humanities because you love them (and so do employers, by the way)

    Xaymaca Awoyungbo

21 August 2024

  • Pupil at single desk sitting exam paper, seen from behind

    Ministers urged to act over numbers failing English and maths GCSEs

    Study finds serious impact on life chances and mental health of young people amid calls to reassess resits policy in England
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