FE Week

‘Stepping-stone’ GCSEs risk halting social mobility progress, SMC report warns

Plans to introduce new “stepping-stone” qualifications for young people who fail GCSE English and maths risk creating a ...
Daily Mail

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped as pass rate falls to lowest level in a decade

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 ...
Huffington Post UK

When Maths Doesn’t Add Up

In June 2017, students in England sat the new 9-1 maths GCSE papers for the first time. The change was more than a simple altering of grades from the previous A* – G to 9 – 1. Many topics were moved ...
The Guardian

Let’s end the annual torture of GCSE resits – and give students qualifications they’ll actually use

Compulsory maths and English retakes speak of a system that ignores pupils’ real talents. But hope is on the horizon That time of year approaches when we ritually sacrifice 40% of our 16-year-olds to ...
The Conversation

Maths and English GCSEs are required for A‑levels, college and university – so what happens to teenagers who don’t pass?

Each year, around 200,000 pupils in state-funded schools in England do not achieve a grade four or above in both English and Maths GCSE at age 16: about one-third of all students. The Department for ...