The government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose”, education leaders have warned. Politicians have been urged to “rethink” how young people are ...

Colleges in England are demanding a review of an "exceptional and unfair grade boundary increase" in an English language GCSE exam designed for resit students. They say an 11-mark increase of the ...

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped after the pass rate fell to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

Education unions have called for the policy of compulsory resits in the two subjects to be scrapped. Sign Up and be kept in the loop each and every day with our free Daily newsletter. Did you know ...

White working class pupils will be targeted with a new GCSE resits qualification to end the misery of repeated failure in English and maths. It is understood the new functional skills course will be ...

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The curriculum and assessment review is due to set out its recommendations for young people who do not secure a decent pass in the autumn. Sign Up and be kept in the loop each and every day with our ...

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