An estimated 60,000 GCSE pupils could face the gruelling task of having to resit their English and maths exams as hundreds of thousands fewer top grades were handed out this year following efforts to ...

As many as 350,000 school-leavers are failing to achieve basic standards in GCSE English and maths, official figures revealed yesterday. More than half have such weak mastery of the three Rs they are ...

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