Revise GCSE Biology by listening to these podcasts from Bitesize and BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds is where you can catch the latest music tracks, discover binge-worthy podcasts or listen to live radio, all ...

The rise of streaming content is a growing slate of distinctly British comedy that lives entirely online. Here are four shows ...

Jean and Carl show you how to analyse language effectively, avoid common mistakes and explain what, how and why writers use words to create meaning. Show more Journalist Carl Anka and Historian Jean ...

Scientists once thought illness was caused by “miasmas,” foul vapors that drifted through the air. For centuries, they were certain that the sun rotated around the Earth. Until the 1950s, they ...

Concerns about living in a “post-truth” society – where evidence struggles to compete with misinformation, ideology and emotion – are now familiar. From vaccine hesitancy to climate change denial, ...

File photo dated 24/05/10 of A-level students sit an A-level maths exam inside a sports hall. Plans to move some GCSE and A-level exams on to screens should be expanded to allow more subjects to pilot ...

Maths and science GCSE students will not need to memorise formulae and equations for their exams until at least 2030, under new government plans. Ministers have asked the exams watchdog, Ofqual, to ...

In November 2025, the final report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review recommended that all schools in England should work towards offering triple science at GCSE as a standard option. The core ...

The government’s curriculum review needs to be bold and cut what’s not working for young people, says Myles McGinley. Plus a letter from Prof Michael Bassey The emerging evidence on exams and mental ...

The policy of making school pupils resit GCSEs until they pass is "not fit for purpose", education leaders have said. This year, a record number of GCSE exams were compulsory resits, and calls are ...

The number of girls choosing to take a GCSE in computer science fell this year, breaking a consistent growth streak. In 2025, the number of girls taking computing at GCSE level dropped to 20,708, down ...