GCSEs

These schools are some of the finest the North East has to offer

The North East's 18 top state secondary schools for 2024

These apps can help prepare pupils ahead of the summer exam season

7 of Apple's top-rated free education apps for GCSEs and A Levels

Algebra, geometry and statistics will all make an appearance in GCSE-level maths

What this year's GCSE maths pupils will learn before their final exam

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

Homeschooling can offer more flexibility for families, an education expert says

'I'm a GCSEs tutor - here's what you should know before homeschooling'

Gordonstoun was one of two Scottish schools to make the list

The UK's 25 finest private senior schools, named among world's best

Sixth Form students at St. Wilfrid’s RC College, South Shields chat to Assistant Headteacher and Lea

Sixth form open evenings support students to take next step

It is now likely GCSE maths and science students will not need to remember formulas for their exams until at least 2027 (Photo: Adobe Stock)

GCSE students to get extra Covid exam help in these key subjects

Secondary schools are typically ranked by their 'Progress 8' scores (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

How England's best performing secondary schools are ranked

The reading lists for each exam board are periodically updated (Image: National World/Adobe Stock)

A full guide to the GCSE English literature reading list this year

Exams and results day can be an anxiety-inducing time for many young people (Image: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty)

Four out of five young people say exams 'harmed their mental health'

Outstanding GCSE success for Durham High School girls

Did Kate Middleton get better GCSE results than Prince William and Prince Harry?

Royal GCSE Results: Did Kate Middleton do better than Prince William?

Students who sat their GCSEs are getting their results today (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

How to find out how close you were to a higher GCSE grade

Results day can be a nerve-wracking time for GCSE candidates (Photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Girls continue to dominate GCSEs but top grades dip - full breakdown

Two languages and a STEM subject are affected (Image: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

The three GCSE subjects which were graded ‘more generously’
Grades for two languages and a STEM subject are impacted 📜
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GCSE results day for 2024 is here (File photo: Pete Summers/Getty Images)

What pupils and families should expect on GCSE results day

GCSE results day can be a stressful time for students who may not have done as well as they had hoped (Stock photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

How to appeal your GCSE results

GCSE results day for 5.8 million students is almost here (File photo: Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

What GCSE pupils and families should know about grades for results day

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the current curriculum is holding both schools and children back (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

How Labour could overhaul England's 'outdated' curriculum and exams

For many secondary school students, university offers will be dependent on their exam results (Photo: National World/Adobe Stock/Getty)

When secondary school pupils will get their exam results across the UK

There are plenty of top rated schools right across the North East counties (Photo: NationalWorld/Google)

The North East's top-rated secondary schools

Data shows the best-performing South Tyneside secondary schools. Photo: Getty Images

10 South Tyneside secondary schools ranked from best to worst

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'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

Pupils at Mortimer Community College celebrating GCSE results

Mortimer pupils praised by headteacher for top GCSE grades

St Joseph's pupils celebrating exam results

Headteacher praises pupil for their GCSE results
The headteacher is proud of what his pupils have achieved.
Hayley Lovely

St Wilfrid's pupils celebrate GCSE results

St Wilfrid's students on cloud nine over GCSE results

Hebburn Comprehensive pupils with their GCSE results

Headteacher praises pupils for GCSE results

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

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

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

Educational attainment of every South Tyneside town - ranked

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?

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

Education qualifications challenge.

Census highlights South Tyneside's qualifications challenge

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

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

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

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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

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

GCSE grades have risen in South Tyneside

GCSE results rise in South Tyneside after grades U-turn

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

2021 exams delayed due to Covid-19 outbreak

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

South Tyneside school closures.

Coronavirus: Latest list of school closures

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...

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

How did your local school do?

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

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