Welsh GCSE pass rate beats England
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Pupils in Wales have a GCSE pass rate of almost 98% - outperforming youngsters in England and Northern Ireland.
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Report laments 'phrase book' standards Foreign language teaching in the UK's state schools has been reduced to "the sort of thing you find in a 'get by' phrase book", claims a doom-and-gloom report published yesterday.â¦
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Wales recovered from a shaky start to beat Japan 72-18 in their World Cup Pool B clash here on Thursday.
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Government exceeds target of increasing the number of pupils achieving at least five A* to C grades in their GCSEs.
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England surely confirmed they&#39;re well on the way to booking their place to the World Cup in Germany in 2006, after easily outclassing Wales 2-0 overnight in the European
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Newly-released figures for hospital infections such as the superbug MRSA show Welsh hospitals are performing better than their English counterparts.
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School pupils in Singapore lead the world in maths and science tests, latest international rankings suggest.
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Head teachers and language experts say it is harder to get good grades in modern languages than other GCSEs.
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NI students will receive the first batch of GCSE grades which show a slight improvement from last year.
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Some of the new academies set up with help from business have better GCSE results than the schools they replaced.
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Test results for English primary schools are expected to show a slight improvement this year, the first rise for four years.
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Extended schools, with after-school activities, are improving GCSE results, say researchers.
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The health minister says the gap with England is closing as new figures show Welsh waiting times are falling.
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Pupils in fee-paying schools scored four times as many A* grades at GCSE this summer than the average for teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, according to figures from the Independent Schools Council (ISC) released yesterday.
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England's exams regulator is to report on whether some GCSEs and A-levels are easier than others.
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Almost a fifth of England's state secondary schools do not meet GCSE targets but things are improving.
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MANCHESTER: A stunning goal by captain David Beckham guided England to a convincing 2-0 victory over Wales in their World Cup qualifier at his former Old Trafford home yesterday.