Shouldn’t that be a**e for British readers? You misunderstand me. A** represents the highest possible grade in a GCSE, not censored slang for bottom. Two very different things. Indeed. OK, how is it ...

15:10, Thu, Aug 24, 2017 Updated: 10:36, Thu, Aug 23, 2018 A new numbered grading system has replaced the familiar A*-G for maths, English literature and English language this year. The 1-9 grades ...

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their GCSE and Level 2 vocational and technical qualification (VTQ) results on Thursday. The results will help them progress to sixth form, ...

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Young people have been heading into schools across Merseyside today to find out their GCSE results. The anxious wait was finally over for students, who were nervously collecting their results ...

An 11-year-old boy from Northumberland has gained the top grade in GCSE maths after dropping just seven marks across two papers. Harry Thew, a student at Bede Academy in Blyth, astonished teachers and ...

The proportion of entries scoring a C or above – or a 4 under the new grading system – increased by 0.5 percentage points from 66.4 per cent last year to 66.9 per cent. Tens of thousands of teenagers ...

GCSE grades have changed - and the new system can be a little confusing. The original marking system saw students graded from A to G and this has now changed to 9 to 1. Grade boundaries by exam boards ...