GCSE exams in 2026 are scheduled to start from the week commencing Monday, 4 May and finish on Friday, 26 June. These are the most up-to-date exam dates set by each exam board, but they might change ...

Pupils could soon sit exam papers set by AI, in a bid to cut workload and ensure the difficulty level remains consistent from year to year. The head of England’s exams regulator Ofqual discussed the ...

Here you can find AQA past papers for GCSE chemistry. Use the links below to download question papers and mark schemes. If you’re unsure whether you need Foundation or Higher papers, consult your ...

Jo-Anne Baird gives assessment consultancy advice to, and receives research funding from, governments and commercial organisations, including Ofqual and Pearson. Children’s access to high grades at ...

It’s no secret some adults feel things are getting easier for students, and that they would never have got those grades ‘back in your day’. Especially now with the introduction of a reformed grading ...

The government says the app, the Education Record, will reduce reliance on paper certificates, which can be lost or damaged.

Most people remember GCSE maths with a little shudder, remembering the time spent learning fractions, algebra and geometry. Now it's the turn of Year 11 pupils to be tested on those concepts in exams ...

Students who sat their GCSE exams this year will receive their results this week. As students usually only collect GCSE results once in their time at school, you might be wondering what time they will ...

Thousands of UK teenagers cannot read well enough to understand their GCSE exam papers, a large-scale analysis of pupils' reading ability suggests. Data on 29,000 teenagers in 1,100 schools in England ...

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