GCSEs

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Exams and results day can be an anxiety-inducing time for many young people (Image: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty)

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Students who sat their GCSEs are getting their results today (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

How to find out how close you were to a higher GCSE grade

Results day can be a nerve-wracking time for GCSE candidates (Photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Girls continue to dominate GCSEs but top grades dip - full breakdown

Two languages and a STEM subject are affected (Image: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

The three GCSE subjects which were graded ‘more generously’

GCSE results day for 2024 is here (File photo: Pete Summers/Getty Images)

What pupils and families should expect on GCSE results day

GCSE results day can be a stressful time for students who may not have done as well as they had hoped (Stock photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

How to appeal your GCSE results

Did Kate Middleton get better GCSE results than Prince William and Prince Harry?

Royal GCSE Results: Did Kate Middleton do better than Prince William?

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GCSE results day for 5.8 million students is almost here (File photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

What GCSE pupils and families should know about grades for results day

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For many secondary school students, university offers will be dependent on their exam results (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty)

When secondary school pupils will get their exam results across the UK

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Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across England received their GCSE results yesterday (24 August), and a breakdown of grades by county has revealed a growing north-south divide. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Explainer GCSE results in England broken down by county as regional divides grow

GCSE grades and grade boundaries explained for 2023. Credit: Getty Images

GCSE grades and grade boundaries explained for 2023

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

GCSE results: what did some of Britain’s favourite personalities get?

Prince William and Prince Harry with their father, King Charles, the then Prince of Wales. Photograph by Getty

Royal GCSEs: Can you guess the results of Princes William and Harry?

GCSE results: what did some of Britain’s favourite personalities get?

Prince William and Prince Harry with their father, King Charles, the then Prince of Wales. Photograph by Getty

Royal GCSEs: Can you guess the results of Princes William and Harry?

It was all about A-level results last week and now it is the turn of GCSEs. Discover which member of the royal family received the best results

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GCSEs “hold back young people and the country as a whole,” the Tony Blair Institute has said, as it renewed its calls to scrap the exams and replace them with a new system. Credit: Getty Images

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A headteachers’ union has called for a more “humane” GCSE exam system in order to prevent teenagers becoming trapped in a “demoralising” cycle of retakes when they do not pass Maths or English. Credit: Getty Images

Headteachers call for a more ‘humane’ GCSE exam system

Pupils from smaller towns generally did better than those from larger towns, the analysis by the Office for National Statistics shows. Image: AdobeStock/Kim Mogg/NationalWorld

All English towns and cities ranked by educational achievement

Everything you need to know about the A-level and GCSE ahead of the result days in August. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

A-level & GCSEs result days 2023 - what are the dates?

How good is your maths knowlegde? (Composite: Kim Mogg)

Quiz: test your maths knowledge with these GCSE exam questions

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Parents across the UK are set to find out which schools their children are attending as they make the jump from primary to secondary school. (Getty Images)

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Bukayo Saka achieved four A*s and three As at GCSE level (Pic: AFP via Getty Images)

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Bluebell got top grades in her GCSE’s.

Geri Horner’s daughter Bluebell receives nine A* grades in her GCSEs

Derek Skipper needed a magnifying glass to complete the test (Photo: SWNS)

Man celebrates passing his GCSE Maths exam - at the age of 92

Hundreds of thousands of youngsters received their GCSE results determined by their teachers (Getty)

How to appeal GCSE results and how much does it cost?

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