GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – latest updates
Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entrie
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Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entrie
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GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – latest updates
Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entrie
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GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – latest updates
Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entrie
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GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – latest updates
Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entrie
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GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – latest updates
Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entrie
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GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – latest updates
Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entrie
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GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – latest updates
Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys Almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths Myles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”. He said business studies entrie
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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive grades – latest updates
Education secretary says the government is looking at changing the resits policy in England Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds Earlier this month, students in Scotland achieved record number of vocational and technical qualifications in their Nationals, Highers, Advanced Highers and Skills for Work Awards. Pass rates for Scottish exams have increased as students across the
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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive grades – latest updates
Education secretary says the government is looking at changing the resits policy in England Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds The prime minister has issued a message of support to students receiving their GCSE results today. In a post on X, Andy Burnham said: Congratulations to everyone getting their GCSE results today, you should be proud of the work that got you here. W
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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive grades – latest updates
Education secretary says the government is looking at changing the resits policy in England Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds Lucy Powell said the government is looking at changing the resits policy in England, where students who have not achieved a grade 4 pass in English or maths GCSE are required to retake those exams. As the Guardian’s education editor Richard Adams r
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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive grades – latest updates
Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are starting to open the envelopes containing their GCSE Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds Education secretary Lucy Powell is on the media round this morning as students prepare to pick up their GCSE results, including her own daughter. She said it was a “big day” that marks “a really important moment in a child’s progre
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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland await grades – latest updates
Students will begin receiving this years exam results online and in person from 8am (GMT) this morning Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds The app allowing students to access their GCSE results digitally is being rolled out nationally this year, after a successful trial last year. In 2025, nearly 100,000 year 11 pupils in the Greater Manchester and the West Midlands combine
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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland await grades – latest updates
Students will begin receiving this years exam results online and in person from 8am (GMT) this morning Forcing teenagers who fail GCSEs into multiple resits has a negative impact on their mental health, according to research to be published as pupils receive their grades on Thursday. The study by academics at University College London (UCL) compared the mental wellbeing of students in England, Wales and Northern Irel
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GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland await grades – latest updates
Students will begin receiving this years exam results online and in person from 8am (GMT) this morning Good morning and welcome to our GCSE results day live blog. Today, like every year, hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland anxiously await their grades. Continue reading...
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