GCSE exam time for students could be reduced by up to three hours on average, the government has announced. It follows a curriculum review that criticised the current volume as "excessive". The final ...

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 ...

A councillor who has obtained a level 7 English language GCSE having retired in 2022 said he enjoyed the class so much he has signed up for GCSE maths in September. Keith Dibble, 68, a Labour ...

Yet more major changes to England’s exams system are looming we learned this week, and they are already triggering fears of unintended consequences. The initial findings of Labour’s landmark ...

In his first speech of 2023 Rishi Sunak laid out his plans for all children in England to “study some form of maths to 18”. Critics branded the details, which were trailed before the speech, as a ...

The final curriculum review report, commissioned by Labour last year, has recommended exam volume at key stage 4 be reduced by 10%. By contributor Jasmine Norden, PA Education Correspondent Published ...