From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government is to cut back a hugely successful programme designed to encourage teenagers to take up ...

In 2025, more young people than ever have opened their A-level results to find out how they did in their maths exam. Once again, maths has been the most popular A-level subject, with 112,138 entries ...

A schoolboy is believed to have become the youngest person ever to pass A level maths with a Grade A* - at the age of 10. Kautilya Katariya achieved the top grade in the subject - eight years earlier ...

Female mathematics students overtook male students for the first time in the number of top grades achieved today’s A-level results reveal. About 29% of female students gained an A* grade compared with ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Towards the end of A levels, the Further Mathematics class of a batch usually comes down to a fifth of its initial size. Being arguably the most difficult subject out of all the A levels, Further ...

The Head of Lancaster University School of Mathematics (LUSoM), Pete Tiltman, has called for a change of attitude to studying Further Maths A-level across Lancashire, and has written to local MPs, ...