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From Netflix hit to GCSEs - Adolescence star reflects on remarkable year

BBC News 22 Dec 2025
The teenager says he felt the drama, which sparked a national debate, was "more than a TV show" ... .
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Exam board Pearson fined £2m for ‘serious’ breaches in standards

The Guardian 15 Dec 2025
Ofqual issues fines over English proficiency test that some candidates sat at home, A-level Chinese and GCSE English ... ....
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Students could take GCSEs and A-Level exams on screens under major shake-up

The Mirror 11 Dec 2025
Ofqual’s proposals could see some GCSE exams in smaller-entry subjects, including some languages, and in any A-level exams except maths, move onto screens from around 2030 ... .
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Some GCSEs and A-levels in England could be taken on laptops by 2030, Ofqual says

The Guardian 11 Dec 2025
Students could be sitting some of their GCSEs and A-levels on a laptop by the end of the ...
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Pupils set to take GCSEs and A-Levels on screens

AOL 11 Dec 2025
Damian Hinds, a former Tory education secretary, said. “This may look like a move forward, but it isn’t ... “If more and more GCSEs go on screen, mock exams will too, and then end of Year Nine exams, and so on – and of course much coursework already is ... .
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TV star nepo baby Scarlett Thomas shows off incredible voice after skipping GCSEs for pop career

The Sun 13 Nov 2025
... voice after ditching her GCSEs for a career in the music industry.
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Soap star nepo baby Scarlett Thomas, 17, shows off her singing voice after skipping GCSEs ...

The Daily Mail 13 Nov 2025
Scarlett recently revealed she did not sit her GCSEs ... Fans of the teen actress were shocked to discover that she hadn't sat her milestone GCSEs and many questioned why she chose not to get any qualifications.
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Bridget Phillipson’s School Reforms Are Deepening the Two-Tier Crisis

The Daily Sceptic 09 Nov 2025
Fears have been allayed that Professor Becky Francis CBE’s will introduce compulsory GCSEs in how to knit slavery out of yoghurt.
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England’s curriculum review needs to be more radical | Letters

The Guardian 09 Nov 2025
But as education is now compulsory until 18, why do we need GCSEs at all? Our teens spend more time preparing for exams than engaging in depth with the topics they cover, with a relentless ...
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‘Huge step in the right direction’: arts leaders hail move to boost creative subjects in ...

The Guardian 07 Nov 2025
Cultural figures hope proposed shake-up of curriculum can reverse years of ‘madness’ in which arts were devalued ... ....
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Thursday briefing: ​Inside Labour’s ambitious rethink of the national curriculum

The Guardian 06 Nov 2025
In today’s newsletter ... I’m also old enough to have been part of the first ever cohort to take GCSEs instead of O-levels, and that exam upheaval has been followed by decades of successive governments tinkering with how children get educated ... UK news .
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Final call for views on the future of CCEA GCSEs, AS levels and A levels (Northern Ireland Executive)

Public Technologies 05 Nov 2025
) Final call for views on the future of CCEA GCSEs, AS levels and A levels. Date published. 5 November 2025 ... Consultation on the future of CCEA GCSEs, AS Levels and A Levels - Final Call ... Calling for final views, Paul Givan said. ... The Minister continued..
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The Guardian view on the Francis curriculum review: raising the right questions in a world ...

The Guardian 05 Nov 2025
In an age of increasingly capable machines, it makes sense for schools to value creativity and life skills as part of a well-rounded education ... ....
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National curriculum review in England: 10 key recommendations

The Guardian 04 Nov 2025
Proposals include shortening length of GCSE exams, a new diagnostic test in maths and English, and expanding RE ... ....
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