GCSEs

Rhianna Reid, an award-winning young Leicestershire carer

Award-winning teenager is inspiring fellow young carers across Leicestershire

Join the MySpaceEd revision course that helps GCSE and A-level students beat national average grades.

Join revision course that helps students beat national average grades

GCSE and A-level students who studied online revision courses with MyEdSpace achieved impressive grade improvements that far outpaced national averages.

How online revision course can help you get top GCSE & A-Level grades

GCSE and A-level students can study smarter and for a shorter time with MyEdSpace revision courses.

GSCE and A-level revision sessions that are actually manageable

Experts warn that unstructured revision over Easter could hold students back in GCSE and A-level exams

The Easter revision mistake that could cost exam grades

These schools were some of the highest performing across Leicestershire

Leicestershire's highest achieving secondary schools from 2025 results

These schools were among the East Midlands' top performers in the 2024/25 exam season

The 29 top performing secondary schools across the East Midlands named

These Leicestershire secondary schools boast excellent attendance rates

The 14 Leicestershire secondary schools with the lowest absences

These apps can help prepare pupils ahead of the summer exam season

7 of the top education apps for last-minute GCSE and A Level revision

These next few months of exam prep will be crucial

21 things parents can do at home to help teens prepare for GCSEs

There are six passing grades GCSE candidates can earn this year, with 9 being the highest

What GCSE pupils and families should know about grades as exams near
Millions of pupils are poised to tackle their GCSE exams over the coming weeks📜
Amber Allott

Most of these schools, which had some of the lowest attendance rates in the country, were also extremely high performers

The 15 top state secondary schools in England for attendance named

It looks like the review will recommend the current exam system as a whole stay largely intact

How GCSE exams and other assessments could change in curriculum review

GCSEs could see some changes over the coming years

Three ways GCSE exams could change in 2025 and beyond

The Latin Excellence Programme was run in 40 state schools across England

Latin programme for state schools cut - what you need to know

The core science GCSEs cover a wide array of physics, chemistry and biology concepts

Your complete guide to the core science GCSEs

English GCSE exams for some pupils may be available onscreen in the near future

English GCSEs may soon move onscreen - with more soon to follow

These are some of the key dates parents need to know for 2025

The key dates in education that parents need to know in 2025

Selective grammar schools and comprehensive schools alike made the list in different parts of England

Each region's top 5 state secondary schools for 2025

There is no shortage of high-performing secondary schools for Leicestershire parents to choose from

Leicestershire's 13 leading state secondary schools for 2024

Algebra, geometry and statistics will all make an appearance in GCSE-level maths

What this year's GCSE maths pupils will learn before their final exam

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

Homeschooling can offer more flexibility for families, an education expert says

'I'm a GCSEs tutor - here's what you should know before homeschooling'

Gordonstoun was one of two Scottish schools to make the list

The UK's 25 finest private senior schools, named among world's best

It is now likely GCSE maths and science students will not need to remember formulas for their exams until at least 2027 (Photo: Adobe Stock)

GCSE students to get extra Covid exam help in these key subjects

Secondary schools are typically ranked by their 'Progress 8' scores (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How England's best performing secondary schools are ranked

The reading lists for each exam board are periodically updated (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

A full guide to the GCSE English literature reading list this year

Exams and results day can be an anxiety-inducing time for many young people (Image: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty)

Four out of five young people say exams 'harmed their mental health'
Only one in three knew where to seek support for exam-related anxiety and stress 😰
Amber Allott

Did Kate Middleton get better GCSE results than Prince William and Prince Harry?

Royal GCSE Results: Did Kate Middleton do better than Prince William?

Students who sat their GCSEs are getting their results today (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

How to find out how close you were to a higher GCSE grade

Results day can be a nerve-wracking time for GCSE candidates (Photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Girls continue to dominate GCSEs but top grades dip - full breakdown

Two languages and a STEM subject are affected (Image: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

The three GCSE subjects which were graded ‘more generously’

GCSE results day for 2024 is here (File photo: Pete Summers/Getty Images)

What pupils and families should expect on GCSE results day

GCSE results day can be a stressful time for students who may not have done as well as they had hoped (Stock photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

How to appeal your GCSE results

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the current curriculum is holding both schools and children back (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

How Labour could overhaul England's 'outdated' curriculum and exams

For many secondary school students, university offers will be dependent on their exam results (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty)

When secondary school pupils will get their exam results across the UK

GCSE students Barney, Stephanie, Liv and Ned celebrate their results today at The Priory Belvoir Academy

Some outstanding achievements by GCSE students at The Priory Belvoir Academy

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

Everything you need to know about the A-level and GCSE ahead of the result days in August. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

A-level & GCSEs result days 2023 - what are the dates?

Children going to secondary school in September will find out which school they will be going to this week

Secondary school offers 2023: How to submit an appeal

Celebrating A-level students at Ratcliffe College this week, from left, Sam Moss, Elise Atkinson, Jess Elton and Xabier Zanotti Baranano

Top grades for a quarter of A-level students at Ratcliffe College

MV16 students celebrate on A-level results day

Melton A-level students praised after 'bumper crop of outstanding results'

These are the top 20 most stressful things about parenting a teenager

Tilly in action.

Tilly taking on UK's best as horseback archery comes to Goadby Marwood

GCSE results day at John Ferneley College in Melton EMN-211208-132344001

A flood of top GCSE grades celebrated by John Ferneley students
One student attained an impressive eight top level grade nine GCSEs and two others celebrated seven grade nines in an impressive set of results at Melton’s John Ferneley College this morning (Thursday).
Nick Rennie

A student gets his GCSE results this morning at Long Field Academy EMN-211208-112428001

The waiting is finally over for Melton’s GCSE students

The Tutor Boss founder, Christina Soccah.

Vale of Belvoir teacher creates own business by taking her lessons online

The BBC will broadcast school lessons on TV during lockdown - here’s when and wh...

A sign on Burton Road bridge flagging up a Covid-19 test site in Melton EMN-210501-083904001

Melton borough schools closed again as new lockdown begins

Research found that disadvantaged pupils were on average 18 months behind their wealthier peers (Photo: Shutterstock)

Poorer school pupils in England are 18 months behind their better off classmates...

The exam board is regrading all of the results (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why BTec results have been delayed - and how grades will be calculated

Melton MP Alicia Kearns has addressed the issues of a Government u-turn on exam grades.

Melton MP: I am pleased the Government has listened on exam grades

Ofqual is reviewing its process for appeals (Photo: Shutterstock)

Ofqual has suspended its criteria for pupils wanting to appeal their A levels an...

Disadvantaged children are to be given free laptops and 4G internet connections as part of a new government scheme (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is who is eligible to get free laptops for home schooling - and how to appl...

This is when pupils in the UK could return to school as coronavirus pandemic con...

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