GCSE students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their results on Thursday 21 August. In England, GCSEs are graded using a numerical system from 9 to 1. They were previously used an A ...

Students in England and Wales who took GCSE exams in November will receive their results on Thursday. In England, most students who took exams in November will have been resitting English or maths.

Pupils and parents are due for a "shock" this week as 300,000 fewer top GCSE grades could be awarded. Professor Alan Smithers, director of the Centre for Education and Employment Research (CEER) at ...