The exams watchdog said it supported the decision to address concerns raised by teachers.

Exam board WJEC, whose qualifications are run in all maintained schools in Wales, brought in new GCSE qualifications last ...

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 ...

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Here you can find CCEA past papers for GCSE English Literature. Use the links below to download question papers and mark schemes (which contain indicative content and explain how marks are awarded).

In England, students who do not secure at least a grade 4 are required to retake the subjects during post-16 education (Gareth Fuller/PA) (PA Wire) The Government’s policy of compulsory resits in the ...

Over 100 English teachers, subject leads, academics, policy makers, members of national organisations and exam boards met to discuss the reform of the English GCSEs – currently deemed not fit for ...

GCSE students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their results on Thursday 21 August. In England, GCSEs are graded using a numerical system from 9 to 1. They were previously used an A ...