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 ...

The new GCSE grading system will put more pressure on young people to gain top marks, according to a leading headmistress. Caroline Jordan, president of the Girls' Schools Association (GSA), said she ...

Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their GCSE results today (August 21). But long gone are the days of grades A to U, and for the past few ...