GCSE

A Young Driver lesson in action.

Road safety begins in education

LMC staff hosting Red Meat Skills Workshop for teachers

LMC launches innovative red meat skills workshops for teachers

These secondary schools were among the country's highest performers in the last school year

Northern Ireland's top 20 secondary schools for 2025 named

Key Stage IV prizewinners pictured at St. Cecilia's College Annual Awards last week. Included at front is Mrs. Mary Jo Carolan, Principal and Mrs. Pat Concannon, special guest. (Photos: Jim McCafferty Photography)

IN PICTURES: St. Cecilia's College in Derry celebrate record exam success

Martin Flynn, CEO OCN NI

OCN awards 40,000 vocational qualifications to learners

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

Selective grammar schools dominated Northern Ireland's list of top performers (Photo: National World/Google)

Northern Ireland's 20 top-rated secondary schools

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

Ars Eloquentiae presented to Top Student in 2 languages at A2, Niamh Lamont. Also pictured Mr Donal Begley (Head of Spanish) & Ms Erin O’Hara (Co-ordinator of Irish).

18 photographs from the 2023 Lumen Christi College Senior Prize-giving

Thornhill College girls celebrate their fantastic GCSE outcomes.

Seven photographs of Thornhill College girls receiving their GCSE results

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

NWRC Graduate Aoife Harvey encourages students to attend Results Days at NWRC - she is pictured with Clare Heffernan, Learning Support Assistant and Limavady Campus Manager Luke McCloskey.

Aoife says choosing NWRC after GCSE enabled her to follow her passion

Students are gearing up for GCSE exams

Quiz: Can you answer these GCSE maths questions

Caitlyn Gallagher Weroniica Zbytniewska and Caitlyn McGrenaghan celebrate their GCSE results at St. Mary's on Thursday.

49 PICTURES from GCSE results day in Derry 2022

Nandos is giving out free food to students

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

Marcus Yau Year 13 AS.

24 outstanding AS and GCSE art pieces from St Columb’s College
The year 12 and 13 boys in St Columb’s College have been working hard this year in their GCSE and A level art class to create these amazing art pieces.
Daire Ní Chanáin

These are the areas with the smartest students in England

Childline’s advice for managing exam stress

First News: A beary good idea!

(L-R) Orla Mccool (Louisa Clare Harland), Clare Devlin (Nicola Coughlan), Erin Quinn (Saoirse Monica Jackson), James Maguire (Dylan Llewellyn), Uncle Colm (Kevin McAleer), Michelle Mallon (Jamie - Lee O'Donnell),

Liam Neeson, Uncle Colm v RUC: Return of Derry Girls a huge hit

New TikTok horror series

GCSE results are out today.

Education Minister congratulates GCSE students across Northern Ireland

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’,...

Exams and assessments in 2021/22 outlined for GCSE and A-Level students

Retail shops closed at Victoria Square shopping centre in Belfast.

NI high street voucher scheme will not go ahead this year because of Covid

SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan has repeated his call for GCSE and A Level exams in 2021 to be cancelled

Durkan repeats call for GCSE and A Level exams to be cancelled

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 Claire Schofield

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

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

Traditional GCSE exams were cancelled after schools were forced to close in March.

GCSE grades in NI this week will now be solely based on teachers’ assessment

Schools need clarity before the start of the new academic year, says Karen Mullan.

Curriculum review needed ahead of GCSE and A-Level exams, says MLA

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...

Education Minister Peter Weir.

A-Level & GCSE qualifications clarified

Limavady High Schools GCSE and A level drama students pictured with director Kieran Griffiths and actor Daniel McCafferty on their recent visit to The Playhouse.

Students take a backstage tour of The Playhouse

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?

Finneen Bradley, manager of North West Regional College's Careers Academy.

Ad Feature Don’t panic – take time to make your next decision

St Brigid's College, Glengalliagh Road, Derry. DER2217GS023

Derry school closed to all but exam students due to accidental fire

Participants of the Princes Trust Get Started With Music programme: Caothan McBride, Nathan Walker, Philip Steele, Ross Priestly, Oisin McHugh, Shaun Dowd, Jack Mellon and Matthew Wells.

Young people '˜Get Started with Music'

GCSE/ A Level exams

CCEA Exams Helpline to provide advice to students

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 ...

Louis Kerr, St Columbs College best GCSE film and Louise Adair, Foyle College (but studied MIA at St Columbs College) runner up best A2 film.

Young Film-makers celebrated on screen

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SLIDESHOW: Gold star for GCSE performance

Happy GCSE students at St. Mary's, Limavady.

St. Mary's Limavady GCSE results '˜best in school's history'

Thousands of school pupils are awaiting exam results

EXAM RESULTS: Advice available for A-Level and GCSE students

Members of the RVRA, PSNI, Marilyn Ward from PT and Mrs Walsh PT, class teacher, Principal Mary Mc Closkey and some of the pupils involved

Makeover for graffiti hot spot

Dancer Zoe Kyte who is a member of the Irish National Youth Ballet.

Zoe dances with the Irish National Youth Ballet

GCSE results day: what you need to know