I think the skills and abilities that a grade 4 in English and maths actually evidence are very important skills for the workplace and for life. So it does feel to me appropriate that those ...

The Government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose” and it can undermine young people’s “confidence and motivation”, education leaders ...

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

In 2019, CBSE introduced a subject called ‘maths basic’ for those students who did not intend to pursue that subject in higher classes.

With pupils resitting Maths and English GCSEs at an all-time high, and fewer than a fifth of those passing, is the system broken?

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 ...

However, yesterday's results saw the GCSE pass rate for English and Maths hit a record low, amid fears that some pupils are being left behind.

Maths and English requirements for apprentices could be scrapped to boost Britain’s home-grown workforce. Trainees must currently pass numeracy and literacy tests before starting their roles if ...

Pupils who fail GCSE English and maths face could be banned from taking out student loans under government plans to be announced this week. Ministers are aiming to weed out “low-quality courses ...