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Disadvantaged pupils are falling further behind in GCSE levels, new research shows. Photo: Other

Disadvantaged pupils fall further behind their peers at GCSE following pandemic

Grace McEvoy was all smiles as she achieved four grade 9s, one grade 7 and two Level 2 distinction * grades. Photo: Bulwell Academy

Bulwell Academy students thrilled at GCSE successes

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

Coun Tracey Taylor has congratulated all of Nottinghamshire's GCSE students as they get their results today. Photo: Submitted

Councillor congratulates all GCSE students as they get their results

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

Students are gearing up for GCSE exams

Quiz: Can you answer these GCSE maths questions

Students were all smiles at Bulwell Academy after getting their GCSE results

Bulwell Academy students all smiles after first GCSE results for three years

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...

National principal Martin Brailsford with student Dylan

National GCSE students looking forward to a bright future

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...

Coun Jason Zadrozny says GCSE results day is a day for celebration

Council leader says GCSE results day is a time for celebration

Post 16 Centre, Valley Road, Worksop. A-Level results. Picture: Pupils going through clearing. w100819-1o

Nottinghamshire County Council praises students as they pick up A-Level exam res...

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...

File photo of a general view of pupils sitting an exam. Most A-level and GCSE exams in England will be delayed by three weeks next year due to the pandemic, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has confirmed. Photo: PA

Going ahead with exams next year will disadvantage Northern pupils

Who can you spot having fun at the Clumber Concerts at Clumber Park from years gone by

Clumber Concerts over the years

Poorer pupils in Nottinghamshire are falling some 18 months behind their richer classmates. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Poorer GCSE pupils in Nottinghamshire nearly two years behind richer classmates

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

A Level and GCSE results will now be based on teachers' assessments

A Level and GCSE results u-turn has been welcomed

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...

Cultural delights for academy pupils

Samworth Church Academy Mansfield, Principal Barry Found pictured with students

School heads slam results tables showing plumeting GCSE results as misleading

Simon to appear at city book festival

Mid Wales Opera to hold workshop in Mansfield

Derbyshire’s Ockbrook school celebrates a great GCSE year

Sophie Carroll, left, and Sophia Parvaiz with their G.C.S.E results after picking them up from the Sutton Community Academy last Thursday.

ASHFIELD: Students’ joy as GCSE hard work pays off

High flyers celebrated G.C.S.E. success at the All Saints School in Mansfield last Thursday.

Video: wait is over for GCSE students

Top career tips from TV fashion guru

Musical soiree event for National’s performing students

Judith makes history at bowls club

Anne Western, leader of Derbyshire County Council, with head teacher Julie Bloor and head boy Dylan Collier and deputy head girl Katie Salmon at the official opening of Shirebrook Academy

GCSE results - how did your school fare?

Record results for Sutton Academy results - ID

Joe Carnall, centre, with pupils, left to right, Anastasia Thomas, Jayde Gibson, Luke Spencer, Iesha Quinn, Jack Ledgerd, Charlie Parkin-Smith

VIDEO: Sir rocks! Sheffield teacher is chart star
Joe Carnall is living a double life but his secret is out – he’s a history teacher by day and a rock star by night, writes Graham Walker.

KIRKBY: Students given top tips from SME banker

The Torch Academy Achievement Awards, rewarding students of Meden School were held at The John Fretwell Sporting Centre on Wednesday with special guest ex QPR football player Tony Thorpe

Achievement night for Warsop students