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Busy making rag wreaths, Fran Merrett with her mum Victoria Cawthorne at Yorkshire Blankets run from their unit in Barnsley, photographed for The Yorkshire Post Magazine by Tony Johnson.

Meet the mother and daughter team behind Yorkshire Blankets

Kenny Knott

Mature students add maths GCSE to their bow

Schools Minister Catherine McKinnell watches a pupil receiving her GCSE results during a visit to Saint Thomas Moore Language College in London. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Labour's plan to tackle educational inequalities holding back Yorkshire

(L-R) Sadgun Sri Chandrapatla, Catalina and Madalina Mitran, and Tobi Dairo celebrate GCSE results

Celebrations at Tong Leadership Academy on GCSE results day

Komal Faisal

Laisterdyke learners set for success after GCSE results day

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

School children in an exam hall. PIC: David Davies/PA Wire

How Yorkshire parents can support their children on results day - Matt Buttery

Single sex grammar schools took out most of the top spots across England (Photo: National World/Google)

The 15 top-rated 'super' secondary schools in England

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

Tesco Garforth working hard for the community

Tesco Garforth working hard for the community

There's still nearly two months to go until students will find out how they did in their GCSE exams (Photo: National World/Getty/Adobe Stock)

GCSE marking system explained as pupils await exam results

Keilan Kogut, who customises trainers from his home in Pudsey, with his own personal collection.
18 October 2021. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Young entrepreneur from Yorkshire goes viral after trainers company used as exam

Ad Feature Register for entrance exam at prestigious Yorkshire school

Jenny Bell and her daughter Charlotte

Daughter's experience shows why getting women into tech jobs remains a challenge

Proud: Luke Littler reacts losing to Luke Humphries (left) in the final of the Paddy Power World Darts Championship at Alexandra Palace, London. (Picture: PA)

Luke Littler hopes to inspire new generation after losing to Luke Humphries

Pupils return to school. (Pic credit: Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Images)

Yorkshire's best secondary schools based on The Times rankings

Rachel Shapey, founder of I Can Compose, based in Harrogate.

How a Yorkshire business is helping students to take up music as a career

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan talks to a student who has just received their GCSE results. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Young people need to realise that career paths aren’t linear - Justine Greening

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

NHS nurse Kelly Foster, who failed her GCSEs

Woman becomes high ranking senior NHS nurse despite failing GCSEs

An EU and a Union Flag are seen in front of Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) during a pro-EU rally in 2017. PIC: NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images

How Brexit is hampering modern foreign languages uptake - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: James Bovington, Church Grove, Horsforth, Leeds.
The Yorkshire Post Letters

'Your article about the lack of pupils taking a GCSE in languages illustrates one of the policies of the unpopular former education secretary Michael Gove'. PIC: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

The Tories have failed to protect the education system - Yorkshire Post Letters

This is a horrible time for any kids sitting GCSEs and A-levels – and speaking personally, it’s hardly a picnic for their parents either, says Sarah Coles

Why financial education should never fall by the wayside -Sarah Coles

Headteacher answers your questions about why you should send your child to Heckmondwike Grammar School and how to apply

Ad Feature High-ranking Heckmondwike Grammar announces open days

Students are gearing up for GCSE exams

Quiz: Can you answer these GCSE maths questions

Heckmondwike Grammar School celebrating its 125th anniversary

Ad Feature Heckmondwike Grammar School celebrates 125 years of excellence

Nile Wilson was crowned champion of Dancing on Ice 2023. Photo: PA/Jonathan Brady

Yorkshire's Nile Wilson on Dancing on Ice, gymnastics and facing injury

Students sitting their GCSE mock exams. PIC: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

A simple trip to the shop will show you the importance of maths - YP Letters

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a visit to a school in London. PIC: Henry Nicholls/PA Wire

Rishi Sunak’s maths announcement just doesn’t add up - Jayne Dowle

Product developer Bethany Jacobs with her mum Judi in an M&S store.

The Leeds woman who has developed new M&S sprout dish for Christmas

Leeds City College is a part of Luminate Education Group.

Further education sector needs clear strategy from Government - Ann Marie Spry

Ackworth School celebrating GCSE results

Ad Feature Ackworth School celebrate GCSE success
Pupils are again celebrating a fantastic set of GCSE results achieved at Ackworth School, near Pontefract.
Graham Walker

It's a thumbs up for these Pocklington School students on GCSE results day.

GCSEs: Pocklington School students achieve outstanding results

GCSE students receive their results.

Why we should celebrate result-day talent regardless of outcomes - Nikki Davis

The deadline is looming for the entrance exam registration for popular grammar school

Ad Feature HGS announces open day and exam registration

First News: A beary good idea!

Concerns have been raised about proposals to limit who can receive a student loan.

Restricting access to student loans will hit ethnicity minority students hardest

The annual conference of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) takes place in Birmingham today and president, Pepe Di’Iasio, is expected to say that the Government must rethink its decision to publish key stage 4 and post-16 performance tables based on this summer’s GCSE and A-level results.

Headteacher urges government to u-turn on performance tables publication plans

Ben Simpson aka Doctor Simpo pictured at Bates Mill Creative Spaces, Fairfield Mills, Huddersfield with his animated character SnotDog

The Leeds lecturer hoping to be the next Sponge Bob

The Government's Covid catch-up plans for schools continue to be scrutinised.

Pupils need more help to survive perfect storm after Covid – Sue O’Brien

Derek Whitehead will be retiring after 37 years in education at the end of this academic year.

Staff deserve to be paid more but there isn't the income to do that

Will GCSEs be made easier this year? The full story...

GCSEs made easier - all you need to know about GCSE grades from exams this year

Ripon Grammar School

The 10 best state secondary schools in Yorkshire according to The Sunday Times

One in seven young people in the UK believe their development has suffered from learning disruptions. Picture: AdobeStock

Support emerging talent, or risk losing it all together - Claire Pryke

Students can choose A-Level and GCSE exam topics next year - Ofqual and educatio...

Undated file photo of students sitting an exam. (PA/Gareth Fuller)

Pupils to be given advance notice of exam focus after 18 months of disruption

Sophie Lofthouse (second right) and Hannah Walton-Hughes (left) react as students at The Mount School, York, receive their A-Level results: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Record Alevel and GCSE results show the exam system is broken, says Catherine Sc...

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...

File photo dated 22/08/19 of students opening their GCSE results at Robert May's School in Odiham, Hampshire (PA/Victoria Jones)

GCSE results soar to record high after second year of pandemic cancelled exams

Students at Boston Spa Academy celebrate their A-Level results. Photo: Tony Johnson.

GCSE and A-level results; the key lessons here in Yorkshire – Jayne Dowle

The Covid crisis has posed unprecedented challenges for schools and students ahead of this year's A-Level and GCSE results.

A-level results: Children and teachers have been let down - Helen Rafferty

Deputy Vice-Chancellor Richard Calvert, degree apprentice Shelagh Carter, graduate mentor Mariya Masood, South Yorkshire Mayor Dan Jarvis MP, nursing student Helen Metcalfe, Greg Mattocks-Evans and degree apprentice Natasha Parcei.

Ad Feature Sheffield Hallam University pledges ‘civic’ action to improve lives in South Yor...

Pictured, two secondary school students collecting their exam results last year. More than 1.2m pupils will receive their A-level and GCSE grades “on what they have been taught,” after teachers in England have helped decide after exams were cancelled for the second successive year due to Covid-19.Photo credit: Getty Images

'Perfect storm' set for A Level and GCSE appeals, says Northern education leader

Teachers in England have helped decide more than 1.2m pupils’ A-level and GCSE grades - which will be received by students next month - “on what they have been taught,” after exams were cancelled for the second successive year due to Covid-19. Photo credit: PA

Exam boss says A Level and GCSE grades will be 'fair' amid Northern schools fear

Schools are expected to mark ‘One Britain One Nation’ events today.

One Britain One Nation schools song detracts from Gavin Williamson’s serial fail...

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’,...

Gavin Williamson. Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images.

Week Ahead: Education Secretary Gavin William faces MPs over school catch-up

The Government has been urged to address the worrying concern of 'inconsistencies' with proposed GCSE and A-level grading approach, and 'extremely high' levels of grade inflation.

Risk of 'inconsistencies' with current grading approach, says education leaders

Boris Johnson during a school visit earlier this week.

Exams; how lockdown has been the making of students – The Yorkshire Post says

This year’s grading system will be built around teachers’ judgements after exams were cancelled (Shutterstock)

This is how A-level and GCSE results will be decided in 2021