Proportion awarded grades 7, 8 and 9 rises from 21.9% last year to 27.6% as exams regulator accepts school assessments The proportion of the highest GCSE grades awarded in England this year has jumped ...

The proportion of GCSE students in England awarded top grades has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels as the number of pupils studying Chinese has doubled. More than half a million students ...

GCSE grades awarded to students are down on last year - but remain higher than pre-COVID levels, with grading "lenient to reflect pandemic recovery". In 2021, the proportion of GCSE entries that were ...

Regional differences in the proportion of top GCSE grades have become more prominent in England since Covid. Just under a third of GCSE grades were 7/A and above in London, compared to just over a ...

There has been a fall in the proportion of top GCSE grades awarded in Northern Ireland. That was expected due to the return of summer exams for the first time since 2019. Grades A* and A were awarded ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The proportion of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland awarded top GCSE grades has fallen sharply, ...

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GCSE results day is finally here, and thousands of students across the country have been celebrating some tremendous results. Despite fears over the difficulty of exams this year, students in London ...

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