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McLaughlin calls on education minister to act on exam results

SDLP Foyle MLA Sinead McLaughlin has called on education minister Peter Weir to act over A level results, after schools, teachers, parents and pupils all complained about widespread discrepancies between pupils’ expected A and AS results and the ...

13 Aug 2020 at 12:56

Northern Ireland

31% of GCSE students in Northern Ireland receive grade A/A*

More than 30% of GCSE students in Northern Ireland received grade A or better in this year’s exams. Some 32,018 youngsters in the region received their results on Thursday morning following assessments in the first full year without exceptional ...

22 Aug 2024 at 13:49

Northern Ireland

NI students celebrate GCSE results despite uncertainty around grade levels

Students across Northern Ireland are celebrating positive GCSE results, with the percentage of top grades remaining above the pre-Covid average but falling compared to last year. Exam bodies are continuing to move back towards more normal ...

24 Aug 2023 at 14:09

Northern Ireland

Smiles and hugs as pupils gather to receive GCSE results

After years of work and months of worry, there were smiles and hugs at schools across Northern Ireland as pupils received their GCSE results. Fifth-formers celebrated and commiserated with friends as they learned of the grades that will ...

27 Aug 2022 at 09:17

Northern Ireland

GCSE top grades fall but remain above pre-pandemic levels

The proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades has fallen from last year but is higher than before the Covid-19 pandemic, national figures show. Hundreds of thousands of teenagers across the country received their GCSE exam results ...

24 Aug 2023 at 16:30

Northern Ireland

More than 32,000 GCSE students in NI prepare to receive exam results

Thousands of GCSE students across Northern Ireland are preparing to receive their exam results. Some 32,018 in the region will access their grades on Thursday morning following assessments in the first full year without exceptional ...

22 Aug 2024 at 07:38

Northern Ireland

A-level top grades rise on last year and remain above pre-pandemic levels

The proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades is up on last year and remains above pre-pandemic levels, national figures show. Hundreds of thousands of students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland received their exam ...

15 Aug 2024 at 12:44

Northern Ireland

What is expected from this year’s exam results?

Pupils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are awaiting their A-level and GCSE results. Here is all you need to know ahead of results day: – When are exam results this year? A-level and T-level results are out on ...

10 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

A-level top grades reach record high outside of pandemic years

The proportion of A-level entries awarded top grades has surpassed pre-pandemic highs. Overall, more than a quarter (27.8%) of UK entries were awarded an A or A* grade, up by 0.6 percentage points on last year when 27....

15 Aug 2024 at 16:58

Northern Ireland

A-level trends: What this year’s results tell us

Here are seven trends in this year’s A-level results: – Business studies is more popular than English literature The slow decline of the English literature A-level continues. In 2017, when exams were first sat for ...

18 Aug 2022 at 16:53

Northern Ireland

Top GCSE grades in Northern Ireland fall with return of formal examinations

The percentage of top GCSE grades in Northern Ireland has fallen in the first year since formal examinations returned post-pandemic. While results are down compared to teacher-assessed grades issued during the ...

25 Aug 2022 at 13:20

Northern Ireland

A-level grades down from pandemic highs but still above 2019 levels

A-level grades for students across the UK have dropped from pandemic highs, but remain above 2019 levels, with girls still outperforming boys and geography pushing English literature out of the top 10 most ...

18 Aug 2022 at 18:44

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