Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English

Government announce plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification as 620,000 year 11 students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4 The government’s plans to make young people continue studying maths and English if they fail GCSEs could be demotivating and ineffective, according to education exper

Students across the country are set to find out their GCSE results on Thursday after sitting exams earlier in the summer. Students whose grades are lower than what is required to move on to their next steps there is the option to resit tests.