As many as 350,000 school-leavers are failing to achieve basic standards in GCSE English and maths, official figures revealed yesterday. More than half have such weak mastery of the three Rs they are ...

AROUND 15 million adults would fail maths GCSE, according to Education Secretary Alan Johnson. Me, too - I blame the modern maths taught by most schools in the 70s. Have I ever used my trigonometry ...

The proportion of GCSE entries scoring a decent pass has fallen again this year, prompting fears about young people in England being forced to resit their English and maths exams. More than two in ...