Maths teacher Daniel Eglin compares the exams and the pressure they put on students sitting GCSEs and IGCSEs Regarding the recent letters comparing the difficulty of GCSEs and IGCSEs, I believe facts ...
Tens of thousands more 16-year-olds than last year will need to resit their English and maths GCSE exams. More than 167,000 students in England received grade 3 or lower on their maths paper, about 21 ...
Compulsory maths and English retakes speak of a system that ignores pupils’ real talents. But hope is on the horizon That time of year approaches when we ritually sacrifice 40% of our 16-year-olds to ...