A new maths GCSE should be introduced for those students in England stuck in a cycle of resitting maths to achieve a grade 4 or above, a charity says. The proposed new curriculum should focus on "the ...

As many as 350,000 school-leavers are failing to achieve basic standards in GCSE English and maths, official figures revealed yesterday. More than half have such weak mastery of the three Rs they are ...

The government has dropped the key part of its pledge to improve teenagers' functional English and maths skills. It had promised employers that no-one in England would be able to get a good GCSE grade ...

FOR the past decade you could guarantee that every summer the national press for two weeks would be dominated by the publication of the GCSE and A-level examination results. Just change the names and ...

Half the marks in the English exam could be awarded for basic skills such as using commas correctly. Pupils taking supposedly "tougher" new GCSEs in English and maths will be able to answer multiple ...