The Government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose” and it can undermine young people’s “confidence and motivation”, education leaders have warned.

YOUNGSTERS taking maths and science GCSEs will no longer have to memorise equations and formulae. Education ministers sparked a row over “dumbing down” the curriculum as they confirmed the move ...

Maths and science GCSE students will not have to memorise formulae and equations for their exams until at least 2030 under government plans.

Maths and science GCSE students will not need to memorise formulae and equations for their exams until at least 2030, under new government plans. Ministers have asked the exams watchdog, Ofqual, to ...

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If you or someone you know is sitting their GCSE exams this week, give them this tricky maths question to test their skills. Secondary school students across the UK began sitting their GCSE exams ...

Try this quiz based on GCSE Maths past papers. Choose the topic you would like to revise and answer the questions. By working your way through the maths questions created by experts, you can prepare ...

A primary school pupil achieved top grades in GCSE maths after taking the exams five years early. Harry Clark, 11, took higher maths and further maths GCSEs this year - having previously gained a GCSE ...

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped after the pass rate fell to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

The government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose”, education leaders have warned. Politicians have been urged to “rethink” how young people are ...