GCSE row: Unions urge WJEC to waive resit fees
Unions NAHT Cymru & ASCL Cymru have written a joint letter to WJEC, asking it to waive fees for re-sitting GCSE English Language units this summer.
- Owain Phillips
Concerns as grades fall in GCSE English exams
Teachers unions are calling for an investigation into the low results achieved by youngsters in a pioneering exam in core English Language skills.
The GCSE was designed specifically for schools in Wales after a previous row over exam results. But it's seen the number of candidates getting grade C in one section fall dramatically.
More top news
-
Wales weather: A dry, fresher feeling night
There will be a fresher feel with temperatures falling lower than on recent nights.
-
Two freed as crash closes parts of the M4
The accident between junction 24, Coldra, and 23A, Magor, has closed the eastbound carriageway.
-
Woman charged over ‘diet pills’ death never saw capsules in her flat, court told
Eloise Parry, 21, died after taking diet pills containing the poisonous Dinitrophenol (DNP).