LONDON (Reuters) - GCSE science exams taken by more than 500,000 children aged 15 and 16 last summer failed to stretch able pupils and contained too many multiple choice questions, the government's ...

Across the UK, teenagers have been grappling with everything from fractions to ratios as they tackle their GCSE maths exams. This year, one particular question attracted the ire of parents and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. School pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have a busy few weeks ahead sitting exams in subjects such as English and ...

Pupils who worry about their exam performance are more likely to do badly than those who are less anxious, research shows. Further research results show that academic buoyancy protects pupils against ...

The Government will work to cut GCSE exam time by two-and-a-half to three hours for the average student, it has announced, after the curriculum review said current exam volume was “excessive”. The ...

With A Level results in the bag and GCSE results just around the corner, I thought I'd take a trip back in time. I decided to test just how much of GCSE maths I remember, and retake a past paper. An ...

Students who sat their GCSE exams this year will receive their results this week. As students usually only collect GCSE results once in their time at school, you might be wondering what time they will ...

A number of GCSE and A-level exams could be taken on screens by 2030 under new proposals from the exams watchdog. Proposals in a consultation launched on Thursday could see GCSEs in smaller-entry ...

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Children who were breast-fed for more than 4 months were more likely to gain good grades in their examinations at age 16 compared with non-breast-fed children, according to a new study from the ...

GCSE results day is here – and teenagers from across the country will be nervously finding out how they did in their exams. While schools will be made aware of the results on Wednesday, students won't ...