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• Record north-south gap in top GCSE grades blamed on ‘London-centric policies’

  24-08-2023 21:03
  
  North-east school leaders call for government to recognise challenges for pupils in different parts of EnglandThe largest gap on record between top GCSE grades awarded to pupils in London and those in north-east England has prompted warnings of a “continuing widening” in the north-south education divide.School leaders in the north-east accused the government of “London-centric” policies, while Labour said it showed that “levelling up is dead and buried” throug
  
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• GCSE English and maths resits to rise by thousands

  24-08-2023 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands more 16-year-olds will need to retake their papers in England.
  
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• GCSE results show us a nation of overwhelmed, vulnerable children. Where is the support? | Gaby Hinsliff

  24-08-2023 19:21
  
  Covid-19, social media, the tyranny of tests – the problems are known, yet politicians fail to draw the threads togetherIt could have been worse, as some parents will doubtless be whispering even now through a furiously slammed teenage bedroom door. GCSE grades were always going to have to come down, eventually, from the artificially inflated high of the pandemic years; and when they did, it was never going to be fair. How could it be? So there will have been tears for some, on ripping ope
  
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• Five takeaways from this year's GCSE results

  24-08-2023 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's exams watchdog said this year was about returning to normal - but it's not quite there.
  
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• ‘Smashed it’: GCSE results bring surprise smiles for post-pandemic year group

  24-08-2023 17:45
  
  At Burnage academy pupils are celebrating – but there is also anger at ‘bizarre’ decision to grade at 2019 levelsAnalysis: GCSE results show widening inequalitiesJoshua Chabala clutched the envelope containing his GCSE results in his hand with a smile on his face.“I was so scared coming here today, I was shivering. It was all the ‘ifs’. ‘What if you fail?’ It’s just relief now,” he said. “It’s pretty much better than I predi
  
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• GCSE results show return to pre-Covid levels but also widening inequalities

  24-08-2023 16:04
  
  Pandemic’s effects on education were felt more acutely in parts of the north and the Midlands than in LondonAs students receive their GCSE results on Thursday, much of the discussion will focus on the fact that they are significantly lower than last year, but this was very much expected. After the use of teacher- and centre-assessed grades in 2020 and 2021 inflated grades substantially, the qualifications regulator, Ofqual, began a two-year process to return grades to where they had been p
  
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• Gender gap shrinks and regional gap widens: 2023’s key GCSE trends in England

  24-08-2023 15:48
  
  Creative subjects are out and statistics is in, while London has widened the gap on the north-eastPupils receiving their GCSE grades this year should be proud of beating pre-pandemic achievements, despite moderators deciding that overall grades would fall closer to 2019 levels than last year.Aside from the headline drop in grades in England, here are some other key takeaways from today’s batch of results. Continue reading...
  
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• Most parents want more time reading to young children, study shows

  24-08-2023 14:10
  
  1,000-parent survey also found 33% lack the confidence to read to their child, despite not seeing the activity as a choreMost parents with young children wish they had more time to read to them and a third lack the confidence to do so, according to a new survey.The study, commissioned by the children’s publisher Ladybird and run by Censuswide, found that 33% of parents with children under five wished they had more confidence to read with their child. Reading out loud and doing character vo
  
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• GCSE results day 2023: higher fall in proportion of top grades in England than in other UK nations – as it happened

  24-08-2023 13:46
  
  Pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland find out their results for GCSEs and level 2 vocational technical qualificationsThe gap in the top grades between boys and girls – which widened during the pandemic – has closed to its smallest level since at least 2016, with a difference of less than 6 percentage points.A quarter (25.3%) of the entries taken by girls got a 7 or above grade (equivalent to A and A*), similar to the 25.1% of the results in 2019. The proportion of boys&r
  
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• Press release: Results back to pre-pandemic levels as grading returns to normal

  24-08-2023 13:43 via gov.uk
  
  Top grades and standard passes in line with 2019, as part of the final step back to normal grading.
  
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• Dining across the divide: ‘I expected him to be vegetarian, which was probably unfair’

  24-08-2023 13:30
  
  They both lean towards Labour, but are they on the same page when it comes to ‘woke culture’, the climate crisis and the media?Joe, 23, LondonOccupation Digital consultant, currently introducing new IT systems to prisons Continue reading...
  
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• Sheffield boy, 9, passes GCSE maths with top marks

  24-08-2023 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sheffield primary school pupil Harry Clark says he found the exam "relatively easy".
  
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• GCSE grades 2023: The 9-1 boundaries explained

  24-08-2023 11:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are receiving their GCSE exam results.
  
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• GCSE results fall in England after anti-grade inflation plans forced through

  24-08-2023 10:30
  
  Top grades down more than four percentage points on last year, leading to disappointment for many pupilsGCSE results day – live updatesTens of thousands of teenagers have been forced to rethink their future options after GCSE results fell in England as ministers forced through plans to eradicate grade inflation accumulated during the pandemic.Top grades in England were down more than four percentage points on last year’s results, leading to disappointment for many pupils – with
  
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