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The new GCSE grading system will put more pressure on young people to gain top marks, according to a leading headmistress. Caroline Jordan, president of the Girls' Schools Association (GSA), said she ...

Ministers are said to be considering an overhaul to help restore faith in the exam system but the Education Secretary is tipped to be turfed out by Boris Johnson before then. He is at risk after two ...

A teenager’s passionate post about how the government’s new GCSE grading system has put so much pressure on students they are “crying in the toilets” and “breaking down in the middle of a lesson” has ...

The new GCSE grading system – which includes an additional top grade that is harder to achieve – has "ratcheted up the pressure" on teenagers, headteachers have warned ahead of results day. Schools ...

Downing Street has said GCSE results will not be delayed amid mounting pressure for the Government to revise exam marks due to coronavirus. Downing Street has hit back at calls to delay this year's ...

The new GCSE grading system has "ratcheted up the pressure" on teenagers, school leaders have warned. Heads have raised concerns that GCSE reforms in England could have an impact on the mental health ...

Pressure is mounting on ministers to let teacher-assessed grades stand in England to avoid a second wave of exams chaos hitting GCSE results this week. About 40% of A-Level results were downgraded ...