Colleges in England are demanding a review of an "exceptional and unfair grade boundary increase" in an English language GCSE exam designed for resit students. They say an 11-mark increase of the ...

GCSE resits for English and Maths could be scrapped after the pass rate fell to its lowest level in a decade. The current model requires students who fail these two core subjects at GCSE level to ...

The government’s policy of making students resit maths and English GCSEs is “not fit for purpose”, education leaders have warned. Politicians have been urged to “rethink” how young people are ...

Some migrants coming to the UK will need to speak English to an A-level standard under tougher new rules set to be introduced ...

The proposal – part of the government’s Plan for Change immigration white paper – raises the standard from the current B1 ...

The UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced plans to increase the English language requirement for skilled migrants ...

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