GCSE

Celebrations at Kempston Academy this GCSE Results Day

Kempston Academy students mark GCSE result achievements

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The Bedford College Group helps hundreds of students improve their GCSE grades

Bedford Academy students celebrate their GCSE results

Bedford Academy celebrates excellent exam outcomes

Top performers Yuki Turner and Saleh Ahmed with Head of School Eleanor Grylls

Biddenham celebrates GCSE results success

Where pupils can get free food to celebrate GCSE results day (Photo: Macus - stock.adobe.com)

Restaurants offering free food to GCSE students on results day

Single sex grammar schools took out most of the top spots across England (Photo: National World/Google)

The 15 top-rated 'super' secondary schools in England

Special measures to make sure students sitting major exams weren't unfairly impacted by the pandemic have gradually slowed down (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Do pupils still get Covid consideration in exams? All you need to know

There's still nearly two months to go until students will find out how they did in their GCSE exams (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

GCSE marking system explained as pupils await exam results

Department for Education figures show disadvantaged children in Bedford secondary schools received an average score of 33 out of 90 points for ‘Attainment 8’ in 2022-23, while their peers achieved a much higher score of 46.7

Bedford disadvantaged pupils score lower than their peers at GCSE

Here’s what you can do if you fail your GCSE exams. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

How to resit your GCSE exams if you fail

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

Meet the high-ranking senior NHS nurse who failed all her GCSEs and says “failing them is not the end of the world.”

Sam Johnson

Students are gearing up for GCSE exams

Quiz: Can you answer these GCSE maths questions

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More than one in 20 Bedford workers have no qualifications

Big smiles on the faces of students at Castle Newnham

Bedford schools celebrate as students pick up GCSE results

Children's mental health charity YoungMinds said increasing pressure at school has affected young people's mental health

More than 15,000 children in contact with mental health services in Bedfordshire

Nandos is giving out free food to students

Nando’s is giving away free food to students on results day this month

These are the areas with the smartest students in England

First News: A beary good idea!

Students can choose A-Level and GCSE exam topics next year - Ofqual and educatio...

A number of big restaurant chains - including Nando’s - are offering free food deals to A Level and GCSE students this week (Photos: Getty Images/Flickr)

Where to get free food on GCSE results day 2021 - including Nando’s, Las Iguanas...

MPs say terms like “white privilege” may have contributed towards neglect of poorer white pupils (Photo: Shutterstock)

Poorer white pupils suffer years of neglect due to terms like ‘white privilege’,...

GCSE and A Level grades will be decided by teachers this year, exams watchdog Ofqual has announced (Photo: Shutterstock)

GCSE and A Level results will be decided by teachers this year - despite 2020's ...

GCSE, A Levels and SATs exams in England will be replaced by teacher assessments...

'Alternative arrangements’ will be made for GCSE and A Level exams this year - w...

GCSE and A Level exams will be adapted in 2021 to help students - including adva...

Child abuse has increased during lockdown - and neglected kids are being impacte...

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Poorer GCSE pupils in Bedford nearly two years behind richer classmates

Sharnbrook Academy

Sharnbrook Academy students celebrate GCSE grades

Academy principal congratulates her students

Holly Patel

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

Cllr Hilde Hendrickx

Bedford councillor welcomes Government u-turn over A-level and GCSE grading

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

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

Pupils will be able to use their mock exam results as the basis for an appeal (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is how to appeal your GCSE and A level results

Grades will be decided in a different way this year due to cancelled exams (Photo: Shutterstock)

A Level students will not be awarded final grades lower than their mock exam res...

This year's grades have been marked differently due to school closures caused by the pandemic. (Shuttertsock)

Students unable to appeal exam results this year are being handed a ‘life senten...

Exams across the UK were cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, meaning grades this year have been calculated in a different way (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when GCSE results will be out in England - and how to collect grades

The tool features three to five minute revision videos presented in a Netflix-style layout (Photo: Shutterstock)

GCSE students can access a free learning resource while schools are closed - her...

Anita Mattu

Bedford woman has right mindset to tackling adversity - and she wants to help yo...

How many of these GCSE exam questions can you answer correctly? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Quiz: Can you get these GCSE exam questions right?

Could you pass GCSE maths? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Quiz: Can you pass this maths GCSE exam?

Simon Armitage

Enjoy an evening with much-loved poet Simon Armitage in Bedford

Budding young artists from Wootton Upper School in Bedford are preparing to showcase their work in a gallery-style summer exhibition.

Bedford school's pupils prepare to put their work on show

Many schools in the UK are currently closed, and it's not just the pupils who are pleased about it (Photo: Shutterstock)

The funniest, most gleeful tweets from teachers who are off work because of the ...

Quiz: would you pass the new, harder GCSE maths exam?

Poorer children are being left behind when it comes to learning languages

Borough tops region for GCSE results

Bedford Borough has come out as top of the region for Progress 8 GCSE results.

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Bedford schools top region for GCSE results

Sylvie Dulson, Rebecca Martin, Jessica Gray, Amelia Murray of St Andrews School, Bedford

Bedfordshire GCSE results show good progress and improvement

Sylvie Dulson, Rebecca Martin, Jessica Gray, Amelia Murray of St Andrews School, Bedford

Bedfordshire students celebrate excellent GCSE results

Should schools be fined over GCSEs?

Schools ‘should be fined’ if pupils fail to meet key GCSE targets

Councillor James Jamieson

Looking forward to another positive year