The government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose”, education leaders have warned. Politicians have been urged to “rethink” how young people are ...

White working class pupils will be targeted with a new GCSE resits qualification to end the misery of repeated failure in English and maths. It is understood the new functional skills course will be ...

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped after the pass rate fell to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

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Professor Becky Francis said a more nuanced, evidence-driven approach to students retaking maths and English post-16 is needed (PA) A review of the school curriculum will support changing the current ...

The number of post-16 students taking GCSE resits in the maths and English increased this year (David Davies/PA) The Government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit ...

In England, students who do not secure at least a grade 4 are required to retake the subjects during post-16 education (Gareth Fuller/PA) (PA Wire) The Government’s policy of compulsory resits in the ...

White working class pupils will be targeted with a new GCSE resits qualification to end the misery of repeated failure in English and maths. It is understood the new functional skills course will be ...

The curriculum and assessment review is due to set out its recommendations for young people who do not secure a decent pass in the autumn. The number of post-16 students taking GCSE resits in the ...