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GCSEs and A-levels are well past their sell-by date

Letters: Readers on the curriculum changes and alternative degrees that could benefit students

The Guardian - UK

Amanda Holden and Geri Horner among celebs celebrating GCSE results

Amanda Holden and Geri Horner celebrate their daughters’ GCSE results

Evening Standard

Wales will announce new school performance system this autumn - education minister Jeremy Miles

League tables and more recently colour codes have been ditched in Wales but a new system is to be announced

Wales Online

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'Amazing' students praised after 'challenging' two years

"It represents a huge achievement, especially in light of the pandemic and the impact of lockdowns on our students’ education"

Liverpool Echo

GCSE pupils who were the first to take exams in two years celebrate their results but North East sees fewest top grades in the UK

Nationally, top grades for GCSEs are down on last year, but remain higher than pre-pandemic levels

Chronicle Live

Successful teenage rapper aces GCSEs with 11A*s

Talented student Isaac Bakshi is following in the footsteps of his brilliant brother

Wales Online

Twins collect 10 A*s and 11 As between them in their GCSEs

The pair said their rivalry was 'friendly' and that they helped each other get through the exams

Wales Online

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Geri Horner and Amanda Holden celebrate their daughters’ ‘incredible’ GCSE results: ‘Girl power!’

Exams returned this year following two years of disruption due to the pandemic

The Independent UK

GCSEs: London schools stretch lead over country

I’ve reluctantly concluded that the ‘beautiful people pictured with their exam results’ discourse is intractable because you can’t point to an image of smiling students and crow ‘Finally! An ugly child collects their grades.’

Evening Standard

The Standard View: London schools lead the way on GCSE results day

GCSE students suffered a record fall in results today as exam marking returned for the first time since 2019, with 26.3 per cent achieving a grade 7/A or above. But pupils in London outperformed all other regions of England by a significant margin, with 32.6 per cent of all exams…

Evening Standard

Teacher left in tizzy after pet dog eats students' summer homework

A teacher has taken to Reddit to share how her dog ate her students' homework - she has been urged to give all her students A grades for the inconvenience

Daily Mirror

Help with exams should remain next year, unions say

‘We must turn our attention to next year’s cohort who have also suffered significant disruption,’ union leader says

The Independent UK

Grandad, 92, celebrates becoming oldest person to pass a GCSE exam in UK

Derek Skipper, 92, studied for his maths qualification via Zoom

Wales Online

Girl power: Geri Horner and Amanda Holden celebrate daughters’ GCSE results

The A-Listers’ offspring were among hundreds of thousands of teenagers collecting their exam results on Thursday.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

What does the dramatic fall in GCSE grades tell us? That private schools were gaming the system

Our school system favours the privately educated – so it’s no surprise that the sector inflated grades last year, says award-winning teacher Phil Beadle

The Independent UK

Westminster Academy pupils ‘put pandemic challenges behind them’

This year has seen the first set of in-person GCSE exams take place since before the pandemic.

Evening Standard

GCSE results: Three London students celebrate bucking national trend with top marks

Nationally GCSE grades suffered a dip but these three teenagers from London bucked the trend

The Independent UK

GCSE trends: what this year’s results tell us

Good news for computing and Polish, bad news for music and French.

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The Independent UK

GCSE results: How to appeal your grades

Pass rate and proportion of top grades for GCSE are lower this year compared to last

Liverpool Echo

Wirral teens celebrated for 'outstanding' results after 'trying' time

A local councillor has praised students across the borough for their achievements

Liverpool Echo

Students beam over incredible GCSE results as teachers 'immensely proud'

Students across the country opened envelopes with their results in this morning

The Guardian - UK

Fall in England’s GCSE grades signals a return to pre-pandemic normality

The hard work and resilience of teachers and pupils to reach this point is the most impressive result of all

Daily Mirror

GCSE results expose 'gaping' north-south divide - see difference in your area

'These results suggest the government has not just failed the north of England, but systematically failed many of the poorest children in our country', an expert declared

Chronicle Live

Cramlington pupil achieves top GCSE grades despite his sight deteriorating months before exams

Cramlington Learning Village (CLV) pupil Daniel Hayton opened his results this morning to discover he had received nine Grade 9s as well as a distinction in his Drama BTEC

The Independent UK

Athletics champion and girl fighting cancer achieve top grades in GCSEs

Miles Waterworth got nine 9s and two 8s, while Srimukhi Kalakonda achieved two 9s, four 8s and one 7.

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