Tens of thousands more students will be retaking their English and maths GCSEs in the 2023-24 academic year, data from the Association of Colleges reveals.
Around 91% of colleges responding to an AoC survey said they have seen a significant increase in their English and maths retake numbers over last year. Since 2014, under-18s in England have to retake GCSE English and maths if they did not get at least a grade 4.
AoC estimates that the growth in the total number of students needing to retake English and/or maths is over 60,000 overall – with more growth in English than in maths.
English GCSE enrolments have increased by around 22,500 (+35%), and maths GCSE enrolments have increased by around 22,300 (+30%).
