The number of young people who chose to take the computing GCSE in 2018 rose year-on-year, and the number of girls taking the subject is steadily going up. Overall in 2018, 74,621 students took the ...

The number of students in England choosing computing as a GCSE subject has fallen in 2020, despite growing in popularity in recent years. Computing at GCSE level in England had 75,730 candidates in ...

The number of students taking GCSE computing rocketed by 76% over the past year, fuelling hopes that this could translate into more UK school leavers pursuing careers in cybersecurity. In total, entry ...

Teachers fear a GCSE exam in computing has been "blatantly compromised" after students found answers to a controlled assessment task in a course textbook. One teacher said his class had produced ...

This is amid an overall decrease in number of tech exams taken and against a backdrop of the UK needing to plug a STEM skills shortage. GCSE results were out today, putting half a million children - ...

The Chartered Institute of IT (BCS) has issued a statement fully supporting Education Secretary Michael Gove’s new draft curriculum for GCSE Computing. Gove today announced a U-turn on his plans to ...

Comment from Dominic Harvey, Director at leading tech jobs board, CWJobs, on the importance of promoting STEM subjects and the variety of job opportunities available to both boys and girls in the UK.

The latest set of GCSE and A-Level results in the UK have highlighted some major concerns for the technology sector and access to future skilled workers - as well as showing no signs of tackling the ...