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GCSEs

Tyne and Wear Fire Service

‘I’ve gained great skills’ Young volunteer praises TWFRS programme Holly Allton

'Students in the North East achieved the lowest combined number of GCSE exams in the top-grade boundaries in the country.'

KATE OSBORNE: This Government is failing our kids in the North East Kate Osborne MP

Pupils at Mortimer Community College celebrating GCSE results

Mortimer pupils praised by headteacher for top GCSE grades Hayley Lovely

St Joseph's pupils celebrating exam results

Headteacher praises pupil for their GCSE results Hayley Lovely

St Wilfrid's pupils celebrate GCSE results

St Wilfrid's students on cloud nine over GCSE results Hayley Lovely

Hebburn Comprehensive pupils with their GCSE results

Headteacher praises pupils for GCSE results Hayley Lovely

Pupils sitting exams Pic: John Devlin

GSCE success for South Tyneside pupils

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs Sam Johnson

New data shows towns including Jarrow and South Shields rank badly against UK educational attaiment average

Data reveals Jarrow and South Shields rank below UK education average Jason Button

Educational attainment of every South Tyneside town - ranked based on new ONS data

Educational attainment of every South Tyneside town - ranked Jason Button

Everything you need to know about the A-level and GCSE ahead of the result days in August. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

A-level & GCSEs result days 2023 - what are the dates? Rahmah Ghazali

South Shields pupils to be among the first at the Nissan Academy Ryan Smith

Education qualifications challenge.

Census highlights South Tyneside's qualifications challenge Andrew Dowdeswell

Children going to secondary school in September will find out which school they will be going to this week

Secondary school offers 2023: How to submit an appeal Chelsie Sewell

GCSE Progress 8 scores have been released for South Tyneside schools. Photograph: Google

The best performing South Tyneside schools based on new GCSE Progress 8 scores Neil Fatkin

These are the top 20 most stressful things about parenting a teenager

GCSE results day in South Tyneside in times gone by. Is there someone you know in our retro selection?

GCSE joy in years gone by Chris Cordner

The BBC will broadcast school lessons on TV during lockdown - here’s when and wh... Rhona Shennan

GCSE grades have risen in South Tyneside

GCSE results rise in South Tyneside after grades U-turn Tommy Lumby,

Boris Johnson with Education Secretary Gavin Williamson. Picture: PA.

2021 exams delayed due to Covid-19 outbreak Debra Fox

Research found that disadvantaged pupils were on average 18 months behind their wealthier peers (Photo: Shutterstock)

Poorer school pupils in England are 18 months behind their better off classmates... Rhona Shennan

People take part in a protest outside Downing Street in London over the government's handling of exam results after A-level and GCSE exams were cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Picture: PA.

Btec students due to receive revised grades Debra Fox

The exam board is regrading all of the results (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why BTec results have been delayed - and how grades will be calculated Claire Schofield

Students who were due to sit A level, AS level or GCSE exams this summer will receive a calculated grade. Picture: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

What will happen on exam results days in 2020 Debra Fox

Year 11 pupil, Sophie Ormonde is devastated that the prom has been cancelled.

Heartbreak for South Shields School pupils as leaver's prom cancelled Sarah Sinclair

Disadvantaged children are to be given free laptops and 4G internet connections as part of a new government scheme (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is who is eligible to get free laptops for home schooling - and how to appl... Claire Schofield

This is when pupils in the UK could return to school as coronavirus pandemic con... Conor Marlborough

South Tyneside school closures.

Coronavirus: Latest list of school closures Sarah Sinclair

Educational professionals polled by a teachers union said GCSE’s should be scrapped.

Gazette readers have their say on future of GCSEs as educational leaders call fo... Candice Farrow

Ofqual is reviewing its process for appeals (Photo: Shutterstock)

Ofqual has suspended its criteria for pupils wanting to appeal their A levels an...

49.7 per cent of pupils achieved a grade five or above in their English and maths GSCEs. They hold an above average progress 8 score of 0.12

Here’s how pupils at every Shields school performed in their GCSEs Rhona Shennan

How did your local school do?

Here’s how pupils at every Shields school performed in their GCSEs Rhona Shennan