Your Route to Real News

All news on the topic: GCSEs

744
Rarely-seen royal misses out on Trooping balcony spot due to 'tough time'
It was a day of celebrations for the Royal Family as they stepped out together for the annual Trooping the Colour - but one member was noticeably absent from the event
622
'My mum didn't approve of my figure-hugging dress - so I got awesome revenge'
A woman has explained how she managed to get 'revenge' on her mum, who was 'ashamed' about the 'figure-hugging', matching dress she had decided to wear for her school prom
528
Mum pays son to do well in GCSEs and offers £100 bonus for every top grade
Lynn Beattie, 47, from Knebworth, Hertfordshire, made a vow to pay her children for their exam results after seeing her friends being rewarded for their own grades
1449
Britain's smartest teen studying 28 A-levels scores four A*s after just weeks
Mahnoor Cheema, 17, has an IQ higher than Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein - and has her sights on studying at Oxford University once she's completed her 28 A-levels
1351
'Impossible' GCSE maths question is so hard it stumps both parents and kids
School children around the UK started their GCSE exams this week, and to mark the occasion we've put together a tricky GCSE maths question that even parents can't answer
515
'I'm a nutritionist - these four foods will help your child through GCSE season'
Millions of teenagers across Britain will be revising for hours on end this month, ahead of their GCSE and A-Level exams - but eating the 'right foods' can bolster their performance even further
981
British golf sensation to make PGA Tour debut before sitting GCSE exams
The heroics of the teenager from Surrey in the amateur game have earned him a shot at pitting his wits against some household names on the PGA Tour in the weeks before he sits his exams
1184
Kirstie Allsopp is wrong about homework - education is a tool for working people
TV host Kirstie Allsopp argues homework is of zero benefit to young children and is a nightly nightmare for parents, but Darren Lewis has a lesson in the real world
1448
Teacher shares 'hardest' GCSE maths question which 'always catches people out'
Dust off your school uniform and get back into the classroom - it's time to put your maths skills to the ultimate test with this tricky GCSE exam question that is baffling Brits
557
Meet the razor-sharp British shooter on a mission to prove doubters wrong
Ryan Cockbill was left tetraplegic after jumping into a paddling pool at a GCSE exams party gone wrong but quickly found his knack for accuracy on the shooting range during his rehabilitation
616
Tricky Michael McIntyre's The Wheel GCSE maths question which 'made no sense'
This GCSE maths question asked to a contestant on Michael McIntyre's The Wheel left people in the studio and at home stumped when it aired - can you work out the answer?
407
Man who left school with one GCSE turns £500 overdraft into £350m business
Myprotein founder Oliver Cookson has created a business empire after having a simple idea from going to the gym. He started off with a £500 overdraft but now runs a multi-million pound business
1234
Girl, 15, thought 'growing pains' were normal - but it was a brain tumour
Honey Ibbitson, now 15, was aged just six when she started feeling discomfort in her legs, leading her mother Julie, 36, to take her for medical tests, with doctors misdiagnosing the brain tumour she had as growing pains
961
'Impossible' GCSE maths question leaving parents mind-blown - crack the code
It turns out even parents would struggle to sit their GCSE maths paper now, as one question is leaving adults completely baffled. It has a 100% fail rate - can you work it out?
651
Luke Littler has just one GCSE as darts sensation bids for £500,000 payday
Teenage darts sensation Luke Littler will aim to become the youngest ever winner of the PDC World Championship on Wednesday when he takes on Luke Humphries in the final
1347
UK's best schools for 2023 unveiled - see if your kid's school is on the list
An all-boys school whose students were ‘forged in the horrors of Covid’ has beaten Eton College to become the best secondary in the country for 2024 after turning in stellar results
1487
I'm a Celeb's Danielle Harold - 'tough' upbringing to Jamie Oliver reality stint
Known for her gritty and complex storylines on EastEnders, former soap actress Danielle Harold is set to join the cast of the upcoming season of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! We take a closer look at Danielle's life off-screen life
1300
Kids 'aren't recovering' properly from pandemic as 1 in 4 say they're lonely
Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza called for Rishi Sunak to help struggling youngsters with a Play Out to Help Out scheme - mimicking the Eat Out to Help Out initiative to kick-start hospitality after lockdown
612
GPs told to get missing kids back to class as absence crisis leads to GCSE slump
The Children's Commissioner found around 20,000 pupils finishing their GCSEs last summer had missed half or more of their classes in one of their final two years of school
1052
National lottery winner kept teaching to help kids pass GCSEs despite £2m riches
The teacher-turned-millionaire stayed on at his job for months after his big win as he wanted to help his pupils complete their GCSEs - and says the profession will always be “part” of him
1048
Mel B treats her daughter with ex Eddie Murphy to posh meal after GCSE success
Spice Girls star Mel B took her 16-year-old daughter Angel Iris Murphy Brown, shared with ex Eddie Murphy, out for a posh Japanese meal at TADA restaurant in Leeds
1365
Boris Johnson's ex catch-up chief savages Tories for North-South GCSE divide
Sir Kevan Collins, who quit in 2021 over the Government's miserly catch-up plans, said ministers had 'made a huge mistake' by failing to invest in education recovery after Covid
502
GCSE results show North-South divide as Tory levelling up vow 'dead and buried'
Just 17.6% of teenagers in the North East received the top grades of 7/A or above in their GCSE results, compared to 28.4% in London - a 10.8 percentage point gap
1424
'Levelling up impossible without fixing geographical inequalities in education'
'Addressing the impacts of poverty on education is likely to go a long way towards closing regional gaps,' writes Carl Cullinane, Director of Research and Policy at the Sutton Trust
865
Myleene Klass sobs over rarely-seen lookalike daughter's GCSE results
MYLEENE Klass was seen breaking down in tears over her lookalike daughter's GCSE results.GCSE results inEngland,WalesandNorthe