of wider reforms designed to make gcses more rigorous and challenging, as our education editor branwenjeffreysmble of letters and numbers. mainly cs, a d... two 65 and a five. three bs, a seven, two 5s and an a. making sense of their gcse results, the first 16—year—olds to take the tougher exams. there's loads more new content that you have to learn. there's just not much time to learn it in. we're learning a—level stuff as well as gcse stuff. it's really difficult. it was a shock. it'sjust making sure smarter people get the grades they deserve, i say. maybe? at this nottinghamshire school, tears mainly of relief. for the kids this year, the new gcses have been a real culture shock. they've had to learn so much more, remember so much more, and their grades have all rested on these final exams. the results here much better than last year, but at a cost. they couldn't teach it all in the school day. we've had a compulsory session after school, particularly focused on english and maths, but on a rotation for all other subjects, to get in the increased content. of course, that's going to get even

of wider reforms designed to make gcses more rigorous and challenging, as our education editor branwenjeffreystters and numbers. mainly cs, a d... two 65 and a 5. three bs, a 7, two 55 and an a. making sense of their gcse results, the first 16—year—olds to take the tougher exams. there's loads more new content that you have to learn. there's just not much time to learn it in. we're learning a—level stuff as well as gcse stuff. it's really difficult. it was a shock. it'sjust making sure smarter people get the grades they deserve, i say. maybe? at this nottinghamshire school, tears mainly of relief. for the kids this year, the new gcses have been a real culture shock. they've had to learn so much more, remember so much more, and their grades have all rested on these final exams. the results here, much better than last year — but at a cost. they couldn't teach it all in the school day. we've had a compulsory session after school, particularly focused on english and maths, but on a rotation for all other subjects, to get in the increased content. of course, that's going to get even tougher as we m