It put less emphasis on GCSE coursework than before, with grades in almost all subjects decided in final exams. The qualifications were designed to be more challenging, with exams taken after two ...

Under the relative grading model, student scores are assessed in comparison to the performance of the entire cohort, rather ...

School pupils will be receiving their GCSE results today, with their grades ranging from 9-1. Back in the day, GCSEs were graded using a letters-based system: A* to G. A* was the highest result ...

A-level and GCSE grades have hit record highs this year, after a government U-turn prioritised teacher predictions over the controversial Qfqual-designed algorithm. The about-turn on grading ...

Around 95,000 Year 11 pupils will be the first to trial the scheme, across Greater Manchester and the West Midlands.