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End of the golden boy: Gove humiliated in new coalition U-turn

Gove, deflated: The education secretary is the author of the latest coalition U-turn

Michael Gove’s reputation as Cabinet’s golden boy took a severe hammering this morning, as he announced a humiliating retreat on his ambitious plans for GCSEs to the Commons.

Pupils’ uncertainty continues as GCSE legal challenge begins

GCSE grade fiasco has prompted one in 14 pupils to retake their grades

Even if the legal challenge against this summer’s GCSE grading decisions begun today succeeds students will still face uncertainty, a solicitor has warned.

Outrage as students prepare for GCSE resits

Back to the exam hall next month for 45,000 English GCSE students

Free English GCSE resits set to be taken by tens of thousands of pupils next month have not prevented another outbreak of the re-grading row.

Ed Miliband conference speech as-it-happened

Ed Miliband's big day: Conference speech 2012

Follow all the twists and turns of the Labour 2012 conference, as Ed Miliband’s speech on a technical baccalaureate and his personal life story is covered by politics.co.uk’s live blog.

‘One Nation Labour’: Miliband wins plaudits for storming speech

Ed Miliband with wife Justine after the speech

Ed Miliband won plaudits across the political spectrum today, after delivering an impressive conference speech promising a “One Nation Labour party”.

GCSEs no more: Gove unveils the English Baccalaureate

Gove backed down in the face of Lib Dem protests

GCSE’s will be replaced with an English Baccalaureate Certificate (EBacc), Michael Gove confirmed today.

Gove blocks inquiry into GCSE ‘fiasco’

GCSE students celebrate earlier this summer. Not all who took English this year are so happy

Michael Gove has again refused to intervene in the “regrettable situation” over GCSE exam grades labelled a “fiasco” by frustrated MPs.

Comment: Sinister forces forced down GCSE results

Ian Toone: 'Ofqual has also imposed a 'comparable outcomes' approach on awarding bodies, whereby the achievements of any current cohort have been artificially capped by imposing limits based on that same cohort's performance at some point in the past.'

The fall in GCSE grades this year has little to do with the pupils but demonstrates something far more sinister going on in government bodies like Ofqual.

‘Failed’: Gove ready to scrap GCSEs

Michael Gove says he wants to scrap GCSEs by the end of the parliament

GCSEs’ days appear to be numbered, after Michael Gove announced officials were “crossing the Ts and dotting the Is” of a major shakeup of England’s exam system.