New maths requirements for entry to primary teaching training, due to be announced soon, should end the anomaly that left some high-achieving school-leavers out of the running for a course place this ...

The report urges the government to monitor the impact of early entry for maths GCSE Maths education in England is being damaged by schools entering pupils early for their mathematics GCSE, experts say ...

MORE THAN 60 students sat special maths examinations yesterday for entry to NUI Galway and Sligo Institute of Technology. The exams were aimed at students who met CAO requirements for entry, but did ...

Too many schools are entering pupils for maths GCSE early, says Ofsted in a major report that is critical of the way the subject is taught and tested. This is preventing too many able pupils from ...

A RECORD number of Leaving Certificate students are planning to sit higher- level maths in the June exams. Entries for the "honours" paper have risen for the third year in a row, following the ...

An A-level student has picked up five top grades today to add to the five As she achieved last year. But Amelia Al-Qazzaz, 18, was turned down by Oxford University despite her remarkable achievement, ...

No matter how many CAO points a candidate secures in their Leaving Cert they cannot be offered a place unless they meet the minimum entry requirements for the course. In the cases where a minimum ...

Maths education in England is being damaged by schools entering pupils early for their mathematics GCSE, experts say. The Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (Acme) says the number of pupils ...

There are suggestions that exam league tables push schools into entering pupils early for GCSE maths Too many schools are entering pupils for maths GCSE early, says Ofsted in a major report that is ...