Gcse articles
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Experts say these changes need to be made to school holidays to tackle a drop in GCSE results
Children affected by Covid-19 pandemic face ‘biggest’ decline in GCSE outcomes in decades
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Sheffield schools: The best and worst performing Sheffield schools according to GCSE Progress 8
The upcoming GCSE exam season may be returned to normal after the pandemic - but after all the disruption, some pressure might this year be taken off pupils who studied through Covid-19. The Department foe Education has confirmed there will be no ‘Progress 8’ reports published for schools for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years. The score is a measure for assessing schools based on how well pupils did in their KS2 results compared to the end of KS4 when they did their GCSEs. Positive scores...
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The cost of Covid lockdowns to school pupils continues as GCSE results are set to fall for six years
Researchers say children now aged ten will suffer the biggest fall in results in decades - with those taking the exams in 2030 getting grades five percentage points lower than this year.