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GCSEs

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

    Some high-achieving pupils in England received lower than expected grades that rose after being re-marked
  • Malorie Blackman

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

    Ex-children’s laureate Malorie Blackman says no student should feel English is irrelevant because they do not see themselves reflected in the literature
    • IGCSE maths preparation is easier than GCSE

    • There is no evidence that GCSEs are harder than IGCSEs

    • Where are writers of colour in the school curriculum?

  • 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
  • Happy teenager on yellow background with her smart phone

    It’s brat summer when those of us in gen Z use slang terms

  • Smiling students pose with sheets of paper on a wood-panelled staircase.

    The Observer view on the attainment gap in England’s GCSE results

  • 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

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    '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
  • 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
  • Zoe Williams

    What does it mean to be 16 today? It is totally different to when I was growing up

    Zoe Williams
  • Students sitting their GCSEs

    GCSEs should be branded separately in England, Wales and NI, expert says

  • Pupils from the NPTC Group of Colleges in Neath, South Wales, collecting their A-level results on 15 August 2024

    The Guardian view on A-level results day: great expectations have been met

    Editorial: Strong results and high numbers of university acceptances are reasons to be cheerful, though troubling inequalities remain
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