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GCSE

British  

abbreviation

  1. General Certificate of Secondary Education: a public examination in specified subjects for 16-year-old schoolchildren. It replaced the GCE O-level and CSE

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Everyone who studies chemistry beyond GCSE, or equivalent, learns about it."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

GCSE, AS and A-level grades awarded in summer 2025, 4.6% were challenged and 1.1% were changed following reviews.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

The Department for Education said: "It is for exam boards to decide which languages to offer at GCSE," and added that it was introducing a "stepped qualification in languages" within the primary curriculum.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026

Oxbridge Home Learning offered qualifications, including GCSE, Btec and A-level courses, with online tutoring.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025

The problem may also be more deeply rooted, and in many cases may go far further back than GCSE.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025

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