The college is offering a fast-track GCSE maths course for those who need a Grade 4 or above and want to fit studying around their other commitments. The course - starting in January 2026 - covers ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?

A number sequence has gone viral on the internet this week, reading: 2, 6, 12, 20, 30, ?. At first glance, it looks easy, but once people start solving it, they realize spotting the pattern is not so ...

Replicating success: There is no reason why what Katharine Birbalsingh has achieved at Michaela in Wembley could not be repeated across Britain George W Bush first used the phrase, “the soft bigotry ...

Thousands of pupils all over Surrey picked up their GCSE results today (August 21). Just one week after their peers got their A-level grades, it was now the turn of Year 11 pupils to find out how they ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The proportion of GCSE entries scoring a decent pass has fallen again this year, prompting fears about young people in England being forced to resit their English and maths exams. More than two in ...

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Pupils are celebrating another top grades bonanza as one in five GCSE entries got at least a grade 7 or A following a rise on last year. However, the GCSE pass rate for English and maths has hit a ...

The gap in GCSE results between boys and girls is now at its narrowest point this century. Hundreds of thousands of pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their GCSE results today ...

An 11-year-old boy has passed his maths GCSE with the highest grade possible. Harry Clark achieved a grade nine for the higher paper and also got an eight in his further maths exam, falling just one ...