GCSE results: hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive grades – latest updates

Education secretary says the government is looking at changing the resits policy in EnglandCompulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study findsMyles McGinley, managing director of the Cambridge OCR exam board, said more pupils are taking GCSE business studies than in previous years, describing this generation of young people as “increasingly entrepreneurial”.He said business studies entries are a third higher than five years ago, adding: “The founders of some of the next great unicorn businesses may well be among those achieving GCSEs in business studies today.” Continue reading...