Homes and Property | Home Page

GCSE results fail the test

The Government faces more bad news over education standards this week as GCSE results and primary school exams are expected to show schools missing key Government targets.

GCSE results, due out on Thursday, are expected to show a rise in the pass rate at top A* to C grades of less than one per cent.

This misses the target set by the Treasury of a two percentage point increase each year in return for extra funding for schools.

The Government is also braced for bad news over primary school test results, due out tomorrow.

They are expected to show only a small increase in the proportion of 11-year-olds reaching the level expected in English.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Sign up you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy notice .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in

MORE ABOUT

Department Of Finance
Primary School