The proportion of pupils getting the top GCSE grades has risen slightly for a second year in a row. Just over one in five (20.8%) got an A/7 or above, up from 20.5% last year and the highest since ...

The proportion of GCSE students in England awarded top grades has almost returned to pre-pandemic levels as the number of pupils studying Chinese has doubled. More than half a million students ...

The proportion of GCSE entries in England awarded top grades has surged to a record high after a U-turn meant results could be based on teachers’ estimated grades amid cancelled exams. Hundreds of ...

Pupils are celebrating another top grades bonanza as one in five GCSE entries got at least a grade 7 or A following a rise on last year. For England, the proportion is the highest since 2012 outside ...

As Ofqual reinstated standard grading for GCSE exams, the proportion of students in Hampshire achieving the highest grades has tumbled. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can ...

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has fallen from last year, amid a growing north-south divide in England. Many of the pupils who are receiving their grades were in Year 7 when schools ...

Thousands of school pupils - including Ishka Leckey and Veronica Burke from Shimna Integrated College in Newcastle - have received their results There has been a fall in the proportion of top GCSE ...

London and north-east England continue to have the highest and lowest proportion of GCSE entries awarded grade 7/A or above in England, but the gap between the regions has narrowed for the first time ...

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has fallen from last year but is higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic, national figures show. Hundreds of thousands of teenagers in England, Wales ...

Last year, the proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades surged to an all-time high after exams were cancelled in the pandemic. GCSEs will follow A-levels with a drop in grades this year compared ...

RAISING the bar for an A* has led to a fall in the percentage of top GCSE grades. A change to the grading scale in the north means only "exceptional" children can now score the A*. Results published ...