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In English, 82 per cent of students achieved a Grade 4 or higher

Outwood Academy hails latest GCSE grades

Hugs at Byrchall High

Hawkley, Dean Trust, Byrchall and Deanery GCSE celebrations

Bedford High students celebrate

Lowton, Fred Longworth, Bedford and St Mary's High results celebrations

Join the MySpaceEd revision course that helps GCSE and A-level students beat national average grades.

Join revision course that helps students beat national average grades

GCSE and A-level students who studied online revision courses with MyEdSpace achieved impressive grade improvements that far outpaced national averages.

How online revision course can help you get top GCSE & A-Level grades

GCSE and A-level students can study smarter and for a shorter time with MyEdSpace revision courses.

GSCE and A-level revision sessions that are actually manageable

Unstructured Easter revision can quickly leave students feeling overwhelmed and off track

Easter revision has started – but many are making this mistake

Thousands of students are now turning to structured revision support ahead of GCSE and A-level exams

The Easter revision decision that could boost exam results

West Lancashire College announces New Year courses for adults

West Lancashire College announces New Year courses for adults

Bedford High School students with their certificates

Leigh Bedford High School's GCSE celebrations

Byrchall High School - GCSE Results Day

Byrchall pupils celebrate their GCSE results

Jumping for joy!

Great GCSE successes in 2025 at Lowton Church of England High School

Louise Ivory

Deanery pupils celebrate GCSE results

Wigan GCSE results day pictures from the early 2000s

Results Day 2025: Where students can get free food to celebrate exam results - including GCSEs, A Levels and grads

Where students can get free food on results day 2025

New figures from the Department for Education show how many students achieved a level 2 qualification, equivalent to a GCSE, in both subjects by the time they were 19 in the 2023-24 academic year

English and maths grades on the slide in local schools
Attainment in maths and English has worsened in Wigan schools and colleges, new figures show.
Adam Care

The WW2 bomb found by Adam Makewell and his son Cameron Makewell in the River Ure in Yorkshire.

Moment teenager crashes underwater drone into live 500kg WWII bomb

Wigan Borough Dance Festival. Photo taken by photographer Owen Peters.

Wigan Borough Dance Festival bigger and better than ever in 2025

The summer exam season is coming up quick

Six expert tips for revising from home during the half-term holiday

These schools were among the country's highest performers in the most recent school year

England's top 20 secondary schools for 2025 named in league table

Morgan and Headteacher, Mr Dumican congratulating him on his success

Y11 student, Morgan has accepted a place at Harrow School, London

Resits take place much like standard GCSE exams

Everything you need to know about GCSE resits

Young people investigate creative careers at Wigan Youth Zone

Curious Works youth employment initiative aims to inspire young people in Wigan ...

Jayden with his results

Sporting successes for Standish students

Bedford 3: left to right: Ethan Valentine, Alfie Battersby, Ethan Boylan, George Foster, Rhys Jones,

Bedford High School Celebrates GCSE Success

Congratulations to another successful student at Dean Trust Wigan

Dean Trust Wigan celebrates improved results

Izabelle, Megan, Ariana and Gabriella collecting their results

Gallery: pupils at The Deanery celebrate GCSE success on results day
It has been a day of celebration at The Deanery High School and Sixth Form College, as Y11 pupils have received another set of excellent GCSE results!
Laura Mahon

Celebrating Success

Golborne High School GCSE Results 2024

Y11 Students Celebrate Success at Byrchall

Byrchall High School class of 2024 celebrate GCSE success on results day

Students at St. Peter's celebrate their results.

GCSE results day 2024 at St. Peter's Catholic High School

A Lowton High student on Cloud 9

High praise for Lowton students

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

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

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

Department for Education figures show disadvantaged children in Wigan secondary schools received an average score of 32.5 out of 90 points for ‘Attainment 8’ in 2022-23, while their peers achieved a much higher score of 47.9.

Disadvantaged pupils score lower than their peers at GCSE

Wigan Little Youth Theatre members

Little Theatre junior stars to take centre stage

Happy students celebrate their results at Standish Community High School.

GCSE RESULTS DAY: WIGAN teens celebrate success

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

Students get their GCSE result at The Deanery, Wigan - from left, Jack Hunter,16, Emma Belfield, 16, and Adam Fairhurst, 16.

RETRO: Wigan GCSE results day 10 years ago in 2013

St Peters High School GCSE Results - Kate Fairchild and Sinead Fisher.

RETRO: Wigan GCSE results 2006-2010

ST PETER'S R.C. HIGH SCHOOL GCSE RESULTS.
THE A TEAM!...Some of St Peter's R.C. High School pupils celebrate getting many A* and A grades.

RETRO: Looking back at Wigan GCSE results day over the years 1980s to the early ...

Michelle Pang is the owner of family-run takeaway, Catsu, on Warrington Road, Ince. Serving Japanese fusion food including sushi and ramen.

New takeaway hopes to bring taste of east Asia to Wigan

Let's Pretend

Former teacher runs performing arts classes at libraries

Students are gearing up for GCSE exams

Quiz: Can you answer these GCSE maths questions

Karen Parkin, Wigan NEU's joint district secretary, on the picket line at Fred Longworth High School during industrial action earlier this year

Disruption at more than 60 Wigan schools as teachers return to picket lines

Talented performers celebrate 25 years of dance at Wigan borough high school

The data showed 9.4 per cent of people in Wigan had no qualifications

One in 10 Wigan workers and jobseekers has no qualifications

Department for Education figures show 26.2 per cent of disadvantaged children in Wigan achieved grade five or above in GCSE English and maths in 2021-22, compared to 54.1 per cent for all other children

Disadvantaged pupils fell further behind classmates during the pandemic

Nationally top GCSE grades are down on last year but higher than pre-pandemic

Nationally top GCSE grades are down on last year but higher than pre-pandemic

GCSE results day: When do students get their grades, how to appeal and what do numbered grades mean? (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

GCSE results day 2022: What you need to know

Thousands of teenagers in Wigan are eagerly awaiting their GCSE and A-Level results

This is when teenagers in Wigan will get their GCSE and A-Level results

Nandos is giving out free food to students

Nando’s is giving away free food to students on results day this month

These are the areas with the smartest students in England

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