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GCSEs

June 2024

  • Somebody pointing at a computer screen which is showing a programming language

    Number of girls in England taking computing GCSE plummets, study finds

    Introduction of new syllabus may be reason number of girls taking subject more than halved in eight years, academics say
  • Blurred image of pupils walking along school corridor

    Poorer high-ability UK children fall behind peers at school from age of 11

    Study finds critical period between ages of 11 and 14 is when ‘things seem to start going wrong’ compared with wealthier group
  • Emylia Hall

    I learned to skateboard in my 40s – it’s taught me more than I could have imagined

    Emylia Hall
    By mastering the not-so-simple art of standing sideways, you also learn tenacity and mindfulness. Bring on the skateboarding GCSE, says the writer Emylia Hall

May 2024

  • Teenagers in school uniforms in a drama class

    Fewer pupils in England studying drama and media at GCSE and A-level

    Figures show statistics, computing, physics and maths have risen in popularity and languages bouncing back
  • Pupils in a classroom sitting an exam.

    Girls do better in exams at all-girls schools than mixed, research finds

    Pupils in girls’ schools in England outperform girls with similar records and backgrounds in mixed schools, analysis says
  • Year 8 students reading A Christmas Carol in an English classroom at Cranford community college in London.

    The Guardian view on English lessons: make classrooms more creative again

    Editorial: The pleasures of reading and books have been swapped for phonics and grammar. It’s time for change

April 2024

  • Zoe Williams

    My 16-year-old does not own an iguana. But he’s hoping to convince the GCSE examiners that he does

    Zoe Williams
    It’s time for the language orals. Cue countless stilted conversations about imaginary pets and books that kids haven’t actually read
  • An empty classroom during lockdown.

    Pupils in England ‘facing worst exam results in decades’ after Covid closures

    GCSE results in key subjects to steadily worsen until 2030, predicts research that blames failure to tackle impact of schools lockdown
  • Polly Toynbee

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

    Polly Toynbee
    Compulsory maths and English retakes speak of a system that ignores pupils’ real talents. But hope is on the horizon, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

March 2024

  • Closeup of a school pupil's hand drawing a colourful picture, while 3 other female students sit working in the background

    Less than 3% of artists named in GCSE art exams are Black or south Asian, study finds

    Analysis across four exam boards in England reveals white artists comprise 91.6% of all mentions

February 2024

  • Polly Toynbee

    The manifesto Britain needs
    The Tories have sucked the joy from the education system. Here are three ways Labour can bring it back

    Polly Toynbee
    Keir Starmer should revitalise Sure Start, focus on children’s happiness – and give a crucial boost to further education, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
  • Pupils sitting an exam

    GCSE grades a good predictor of life chances and wellbeing, research shows

    Study of 23-year-olds found the exams were even more important for those from disadvantaged backgrounds
  • An 11-year-old girl with a serious expression, wearing a long-sleeved, striped orange top, chalks complex-looking algebraic equations on a blackboard

    More than half of British girls lack confidence learning maths, poll finds

    Teach First highlights gender gap in maths and science and calls for higher pay for trainee teachers in Stem subjects

December 2023

  • British Sign Language rally in London, UK - 28 Jan 2022<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Thomas Krych/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock (12780698h) A protester seen holding a placard expressing her opinion during the demonstration. British sign language and deaf community rallied opposite the U.K. Parliament in support of BSL (British Sign Language) bill which recognises sign language as an official language of the United Kingdom. British Sign Language rally in London, UK - 28 Jan 2022

    Brief letters
    The best Christmas gift I could have got

  • Young people and poster saying 'Deaf Power' with deaf signs on it

    British Sign Language to be offered as GCSE subject

  • A girl sitting at a desk with an empty space next to her.

    Record 350,000 parents in England fined over term-time holidays with children

  • Teacher and students in a classroom.

    The Guardian view on secondary education: the Lords are right – one size doesn’t fit all

October 2023

  • An exam taking place at Wormwood Scrubs prison, London.

    Brief letters
    The history men in Frankland prison who got a GCSE pass

    Brief letters: Teaching in jail | Sir Bobby Charlton | Barber shops | Mullet threat | John Cleese
  • men browse stand reading books

    High-risk prisoners sit GCSE English – and many outperform peers on outside

    Inmates at HMP Frankland in County Durham, some of ‘hardest to reach people in society’, did course in a year with no internet access
  • Pupils hunched over question papers in an exam hall.

    Pens away, laptops open – pupils told to type, not write, GCSE exam answers

    Examining board AQA says parts of Italian and Polish courses will be assessed digitally in 2026
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