The Government launched a review of curriculum and assessment in schools and colleges just weeks after winning the general ...

A review found the current volume of GCSE exams is "excessive", with the final report recommending key stage 4 exams be cut by 10%.

A leading education union boss says headteachers will be unable to fulfil the government's latest plan to teach the sciences separately at GCSE because of an overwhelming lack of specialist teachers.

More than half of schools in England do not offer students a computer science GCSE, according to a report by the Royal Society. The study has found 54% of schools in England do not offer a computer ...

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 ...

Try this quiz based on GCSE Combined Science past papers. Choose the topic you would like to revise and answer the questions. By working your way through the science questions created by experts, you ...

Practise your skills with these exam-style combined science questions based on GCSE past papers. Or take our combined science topics exam practice quiz which lets you choose the topic you want to ...

GCSE students across the country are preparing for their exams -Credit:Andrew James As 16-year-olds across the country sit the first of their GCSE exams this week, you might be thinking back to when ...

Students who rarely ate breakfast on school days achieved lower GCSE grades than those who ate breakfast frequently, according to a new study. Students who rarely ate breakfast on school days achieved ...

Louise Archer receives funding from the ESRC. The UK is facing massive skills shortages in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers – according to one study 43% of STEM vacancies are ...

GCSE results day is just around the corner, with students across the country anxiously looking ahead to opening that all-important envelope. The exams are undertaken by 15 and 16-year-olds following ...