Lower GCSE Results Could Lead to Rise in Tuition The 2013 GCSE results represent the biggest fall overall since the exams were introduced, with the pass rate falling by 1.3 percentage points and the top grade of A* falling by 0.5 percentage points. It is the second year running that...
Waiting for exam results can be nerve-racking. It's often really hard to tell how well you've done until the scores are right there for you to look at in black and white. If you've got what you needed to progress to the next phase of your education, you'll have cause...
As Education Secretary Michael Gove announces a shake-up to the GCSE system, he may face a tougher task on his hands than he realised in educating Britain's youngsters. One book published last year, F In Retakes by Richard Benson, revealed some astonishing exam howlers, all of them genuine. But while...
With the summer holidays fast approaching, you might be trying to think of ways to ensure your youngsters keep on learning during the long break. Especially if your kids are falling behind in certain subjects, you might think it's really important to give them further encouragement and opportunities to progress....
Parents are turning to private tutors more and more to boost the foreign lanugauge skills of their children. In some cases it is to provide language skills not yet being catered for in school such as Russian or Chinese or they are doing it to give their children a head...
