Students face nervous wait for grades
Getty Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive GCSE, BTec Tech Awards and other Level 2 results on Thursday. The GCSE pass rate is expected to be broadly…
Families criticise leaders at Our Lady’s Abingdon after closure
Chris McHugh BBC News, Oxfordshire BBC A teaching union said the school’s former staff had been left in a “desperate” situation A parent of two children who attended a private…
Do rewards boost exam grades?
Vanessa Clarke Education reporter Imogen Farmer Imogen Farmer was taken shopping in London as a reward for her A-level grades last year Hundreds of thousands of GCSE students are nervously…
Pupil attacks on South East teachers ‘horrifying’, says union
Alex Bish South East Investigations Team PA Media Government figures show a rise in suspensions for pupils who assault adults in schools A teaching union said it was “horrifying” that…
University of Suffolk cuts jobs due to ‘financial pressure’
A university under “considerable financial pressure” has cut 45 jobs. The University of Suffolk, based in Ipswich, said it made 26 redundancies and decided to close 19 vacant posts due…
GCSE pupils open time capsule Year 7 letters to self
Watch: ‘I am still happy and I still want to be successful’ Four years ago, with the UK beginning to emerge from its latest Covid-19 lockdown, teacher Damaris Bateson asked…
Why did so many teens get into their first choice uni this year?
Getty A record number of 18-year-olds woke up on Thursday morning to find they had got into their first choice of university. More than 226,000 were accepted by their “firm”…
Why did boys outperform girls for top grades?
Getty Images Maths is a significant contributor to high A-level grades overall as 16.7% of all maths entries scored an A* this year, compared to 9.4% of entries for all…
Joy, relief and worry as students get A-level results
BBC Harry, Meghan and Olivia were among thousands of students picking up their results “This is the culmination of a lot of hard work,” admits student Lily-Rose Williamson. “The sacrifices…
Record numbers get into uni and other A-level results takeaways
The Data Journalism Team BBC Verify EPA Before we get into the details of this year’s Level 3 exam results, there are two useful things to understand. First, the legacy…