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Pupils spurn languages for sciences
French loses its place in top 10 most popular subjects at GCSE, while entries for chemistry, physics and biology riseGCSE results: Live blogFrench and other foreign languages have seen a dramatic...
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More students make the grade
The results are out and it has been another record-breaking year
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GCSE results: Rise in numbers taking exams a year early
Thousands more students are taking GCSEs at least a year early, prompting claims that the tests are too easyGCSE results: Live blogThousands more teenagers are sitting GCSEs at least one year early,...
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GCSE results 2010: exam breakdown by subject, school and gender
GCSE exam results are out. Compare the performance in different subjects, private school against comprehensive and boys versus girls here• Get the dataThis year's GCSE results, out today, show a record...
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Pupils in shock as one school delivers a record number of A*s
Nine A*s and an A at GCSE – something to celebrate for both pupil and schoolGeorge Caterer's mum managed to stay outside at the Barclay school as instructed for about five minutes. Then the suspense...
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GCSE results: Britain's star performers
Four exceptional young people who pulled out all the stops to secure GCSE success• A five-year-old girl has become the youngest to pass a GCSE. Dee Alli, from Southwark in London, achieved a C grade 11...
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GCSE results: Ministers to review language teaching
Concern over the fall in number of pupils taking French and other languages leads to government inquiryMinisters plan to review the teaching of French and other languages in schools after top...
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In the name of purity, public funds are wasted on the rich | Simon Jenkins
From IVF to universities and museums, Britain's aversion to charging for services punishes women, students and the poorThe Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority plans to allow payment for...
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Who still wants to learn languages?
The new GCSE results show foreign languages are in severe decline – with the number of children learning French and German falling most dramatically of all. Aida Edemariam asks what this means for our...
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Hideously diverse Britain: How Elijah McCoy can give us a broader worldview
I'm all for a bit less of Newton, Darwin, Galileo and Copernicus in science lessons, if it means a bit more McCoy, Banneker and Carver. It's a question of balanceHere we go again. "Science lessons that...
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Young at risk as sexually transmitted infections reach record levels
Peak age for a sexually transmitted infection is 19-20 for women and 20-23 for men, says Health Protection AgencyYoung people are increasingly likely to end up with sexually transmitted infections,...
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Letters: Focus on pupils' achievements
GCSEs are in need of reform (Exam system in disarray, say educationists, 23 August) as it is disingenuous for exam boards to continue awarding certificates to candidates with pass grades from D to G...
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Letters: Playgroup jubilee
Forty-nine years ago today, on 25 August 1961, Belle Tutaev, a young mother in London, wrote a letter to the Guardian which was headlined Do-it-yourself-nurseries. The letter called for a large-scale...
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Letters: Uniform approach ties up school time
I wonder whether growing up on a 1970s estate, which Lynsey Hanley described so brilliantly in her book, makes one feel comfortable with uniformity. She certainly doesn't consider the feelings and...
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GCSE results: Tongues tied | Editorial
The decline in the study of foreign languages suggests an indolent and inward-looking BritainThere is no single Russian word for blue; instead the language applies distinctive words to lighter and...
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Nick Hayes on GCSE results
In the latest instalment of the cartoonists' showcase, Nick Hayes tackles GCSE resultsNick Hayes
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Truancies from primary schools increase
More primary school children missed lessons without permission this year than lastPrimary school pupils in England are missing more lessons without their teachers' permission than a year ago, figures...
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STDs in England: Breakdown by region, gender and ethnicity
The Health Protection Agency says sexually transmitted infections among young people have reached record levels. Find out how the rate stands in your area• Get the dataNew figures from the Health...
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Politics Weekly: David Miliband on the fight for Labour's future
David Miliband is the final Labour leadership candidate to undergo the Politics Weekly treatment. He joins the Observer columnist Henry Porter and Natalie Hanman of Comment Is Free.Miliband takes...
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Chris Bullar obituary
My friend Chris Bullar, who has died of lung cancer aged 58, was a much-loved son, brother and friend, and a popular teacher and lecturer. A creative person, who enjoyed academic theory as well as his...
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