As A-level results day looms near, news this week reveals that some students might not be offered a place at university - not because of their A-level results, but because of the A-levels themselves that they studied.
David Willetts, the minister for universities and science, stated this week that ...
Read more ›With A-level results right around the corner, many students' minds are turning to university. More than 660,000 people applied for a university place this year, up almost 12% on last year (which was itself a record-breaker, at 592,312 applications for 373,793 places).
The surge in university applic...
Read more ›It doesn't matter how old you are or whether you're taking SATs, GCSEs or A-levels - exam stress can affect everybody. It is completely natural and understandable that you would suffer from stress: after all, there's a lot of work to be done, and your exam results can have a huge bearing on your fut...
Read more ›Following our report yesterday of overall GCSE trends, here is a regional breakdown of how pupils scored in this year's GCSEs.
Northern Ireland's students performed the best of all, with 75.1% of exams gaining an A*-C grade and 27.1% scoring an A or A*.
In England, 66.9% of exams scored an A*- C g...
Read more ›750,000 students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their GCSE results today. An analysis of overall trends in this year's GCSE results yields findings almost identical to those of last week's A-level results.
These were the main trends:
One in five exam papers received an A or A* g...Read more ›