Private schools wanting to opt out of GCSEs ‘unable to produce the results’ | GCSEs

Private schools wanting to opt out of GCSEs ‘unable to produce the results’ | GCSEs

Private schools want to opt out of GCSE exams because state schools in England are catching up with their results, the government’s former social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh has said. Commenting on... Read more »
GCSE results expected to confirm widening of north-south attainment gap | GCSEs

GCSE results expected to confirm widening of north-south attainment gap | GCSEs

This year’s GCSE results for England and Wales are expected to confirm a widening north-south education gap, prompting a prediction that the government will miss one of its key levelling-up targets if... Read more »
Home Office backs down over travel costs for Eritrean refugee sitting GCSEs | UK news

Home Office backs down over travel costs for Eritrean refugee sitting GCSEs | UK news

The Home Office has backed down part way through a high court hearing after an orphaned teenage asylum seeker from Eritrea feared she would be unable to sit her GCSE exams next... Read more »