This article was last updated on 8 August 2025. GCSE results day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland was on Thursday 21 August 2025. Results day for National Qualifications in Scotland was on ...

The Government is considering scrapping compulsory English and maths resits at GCSE level. Pupils who fail these subjects at GCSE, aged 16, are made to resit them if they stay on for sixth form, since ...

Irish remains the third most popular GCSE language for pupils in the north and is continuing to rise in popularity, data shows. The number of Irish GCSE pupils achieving tops marks for their exams is ...

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Pupils are celebrating another top grades bonanza as one in five GCSE entries got at least a grade 7 or A following a rise on last year. However, the GCSE pass rate for English and maths has hit a ...

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Spanish has become the most popular foreign language for GCSE students after overtaking French for the first time. The popularity of Spain as a holiday destination, as well as its standing as a ...

Pupils picking up their GCSE results today face the 'fiercest ever' scramble for college places as results show more top grades were awarded this year. The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top ...

For almost a quarter of pupils taking Maths and English GCSEs this year, it wasn't their first rodeo. Some 23.4% of pupils taking those exams were aged 17 and older - an all-time high. While some of ...

A 34-year-old says he has more confidence in himself after retaking and passing his English and Maths GCSEs. James Brown, from Ipswich, picked up his results alongside Year 11 pupils at Suffolk New ...

Education Minister Paul Givan has congratulated pupils from Northern Ireland after they secured the top GCSE results in the UK. The provisional results show that 31.6% of students here achieved at ...

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