This year's GCSE exams are well under way and the first maths paper - one of three - has come and gone. And parents who have children going through the turbulent period in their academic careers will ...

After revising long and hard for their exams over the past couple of months, British teenagers have finally received their GCSE results today. Year 11's results day makes for a tense spectacle for ...

Think you've got what it takes? Give our quiz a try -Credit:Photo by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images It's an argument that rears its head every year - are GCSEs getting easier or harder?

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This article was first published in April 2025. GCSE exam season is well underway, and as we get nearer to your maths exams you might be feeling all kinds of emotions, but try not to get too stressed!

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A 92-year-old man believed to be the oldest person in the UK to sit a GCSE exam has passed his maths paper with a grade five - the highest mark possible for the foundation course he studied. Derek ...

Thousands of teenagers are opening up their GCSE and BTEC results this morning, with some taking part in a ground-breaking pilot scheme that allows them to access their grades through a mobile app. It ...