Does helping with your teen’s maths homework or revision fill you with dread? If so, you’re not alone. According to the maths skills organisation, National Numeracy, 23% of parents and carers say that ...

Francis’s review concluded, and DfE agreed, that students should continue to be required to study towards grade 4 GCSE passes ...

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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 ...

A review of the school curriculum will support changing the current “inflexible approach” to GCSE maths and English resits. Professor Becky Francis, who is leading the curriculum and assessment review ...