GCSE pass rates rose this year in the wake of the biggest shake-up of the exams for a generation. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you can get unlimited access to the ...

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country are waking up to their GCSE results today, in a year when efforts have been made in England to return grading to pre-pandemic levels. More than a ...

Here are the main figures for this year’s GCSE results: – The proportion of candidates receiving the highest grades has fallen from last year, but remains higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic. A ...

Top grades for GCSEs are down on last year – but remain higher than pre-pandemic levels, as UK students receive their results. Here are the main figures for this year’s results: – The proportion of ...

The figures, published by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ), cover GCSE entries from students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Overall, there were around 203,000 fewer top grades (7/A) ...