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Rishi Sunak is right about a lack of maths skills in England: here's how plans to extend teaching could work

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has proposed making the study of mathematics compulsory for all students in England up to the age of 18, to help young people “in a world where data is everywhere and statistics underpin every job”.

The Conversation

'Impossible' maths exam question that both kids and parents struggle with

The GCSE level question is notoriously difficult

Liverpool Echo

'Impossible' maths question that stumps all parents as well as kids

As Rishi Sunak lays out plans to make maths compulsory until the age of 18, research from Save My Exams has revealed a GCSE question that hundreds of parents struggle to answer

Daily Mirror

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The GCSE maths question that not one parent could figure out

Nobody got the answer right to this one

Wales Online

Impossible school maths question that kids and parents can't solve

If you hate calculations look away now, as one GCSE Maths question from a revision expert has proved to be a head-scratcher for parents and children who are struggling to come up with the answer.

Daily Record

'Impossible' GCSE maths question that stumps all parents as well as kids

Maths has a bad reputation for one of being the most difficult subjects students have to study. Well, if you hate calculations look away now, as Save My Exams has discovered a GCSE question parents struggled to answer

Daily Mirror

Sunday Times best schools in North West as two in Merseyside included

Two Merseyside schools featured in the top 10

Liverpool Echo

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Family who branded author a predator in vile 'poison pen' campaign faces libel damages

The High Court heard that Richard Parsons - who made a fortune selling GCSE study guides - was compared to Harvey Weinstein by a couple and their daughter in a campaign of harassment

Daily Mirror

Poorer children still lagging behind ‘at same rate as decade ago’

Disadvantaged pupils fall further behind in primary schools and at GCSE, Fair Education Alliance says

The Independent UK

Space debris, an ancient tree, and next year’s Oscars host – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Applying post 16: what every parent and teenager needs to know

More than half of Year 11s switch schools or go to college after their GCSEs, according to the London’s post-16 Trajectories report.

Evening Standard

Who is Gillian Keegan? Tory MP and education secretary loses seat in Chichester

Profiling Gillian Keegan - the Conservative Education Secretary who lost her seat to the Liberal Democrats

Evening Standard

Black, Asian and minority ethnic pupils got the most top GCSE and A level grades in Wales this year

Pupils of other ethnicities got more top grades than white British students at GCSE and A level in Wales this year - with children from Chinese and Indian ethnicities getting the most A*s

Wales Online

GCSE grades gap for disadvantaged pupils in England widest in a decade

Experts say summer’s results mean new child poverty strategy needed to tackle worsening gulf in attainment

The Guardian - UK

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'It's time we recognise Black history is British history and MUST be taught in schools'

Today, on National Teachers’ Day, and as Black History Month begins, we are calling for the history of Black Britons to be made a mandatory part of the National Curriculum

Wales Online

Less emphasis on written exams in plans for Welsh GCSEs being put out to consultation

"Whatever their interests and wherever they want to go next, there will be a qualification that appeals," regulator Qualifications Wales said

Daily Mirror

Millionaire Tory donor defects to Labour with blistering 'GCSE economics' attack

In a blistering attack Gareth Quarry said the government had turned the UK into a "laughing stock" and accused Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng of embarking on a "maverick" journey

The Independent UK

Tories have made UK ‘laughing stock’, says donor defecting to Labour

Truss and Kwarteng are ‘zealots’ practising ‘GCSE economics’, says Gareth Quarry

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Wales Online

Wales will grade next summer's GCSEs and A-levels more generously than England

Grades will be lower than 2022 but candidates will be given some advance information on exam content

The Guardian - UK

England’s A-level and GCSE grades to fall to pre-Covid levels in 2023

Some warn about impact on disadvantaged students, who suffered greatest learning loss during pandemic

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s traumatised education system needs a break – and a decent minister

After two-plus years of Covid and seven secretaries of state in the past six years, teachers and students deserve more support, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

How geography GCSE weathered storm of curriculum changes

Far from lacking skills, employers actively seek geography graduates for their wider view of the world

Wales Online

'Broken' family of David Celino, 16, who died at Leeds Festival pay tribute to 'beautiful' teen

David had just received his GCSE results

Leeds Live

Archie Gray could break another mould after family talks about next Leeds United steps

Archie Gray is finally free of compulsory education with the delivery of his GCSE results yet he might not be ready to throw all of his eggs in the football basket

Daily Mirror

Scarlett Moffatt 'so proud' of sister Ava as she posts rare snap after GCSE joy

I'm a Celebrity winner Scarlett Moffatt has expressed pride over her younger sister Ava Moffatt - who had previously appeared with their family on Gogglebox - after she received her GCSE results

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