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1. 21. GCSE results: The national picture

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 January 2007 NEW statistics this year show the number of pupil achieving five GCSEs including maths and English in addition to simply showing their five best grades in any subject. This was in response to concerns that league tables did not emphasise basic skills.

2. 22. Kelly faces storm as A-levels stay

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 February 2005 A-LEVELS and GCSEs are not being scrapped, but will be made more difficult under an education shake-up.

3. 23. £100 prize if kids make exam grade

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 July 2005 KNOWLEDGE used to be its own reward, according to the old saying. But a Manchester school is offering a more tangible prize for youngsters making the grade in their GCSEs - £100 cash.

4. 24. Best-ever year for GCSE results

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 25 August 2005 SCHOOLS across Greater Manchester are boasting record-breaking results today, as thousands of youngsters collect their GCSEs.

5. 25. Spicing up swotting

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 06 May 2005 STARTERS, main and dessert were not the only courses on offer when youngsters were given food for thought. GCSEs were on the menu when pupils from Levenshulme High School for Girls spent the evening at the Sanam restaurant.

6. 26. Diploma snub worry for education chiefs

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 February 2005 THE decision not to replace A-levels and GCSEs with an "over-arching diploma" has sparked disappointment and concern among education and business leaders.

7. 27. 4,757 pupils caught cheating

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 16 March 2007 THOUSANDS of teenagers were caught copying or using mobile phones to cheat in their GCSEs and A-levels last summer, it was revealed.

8. 28. Pupils fight to save their school

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 05 December 2006 YOUNGSTERS fighting to save their school from closure will be awarded marks towards one of their GCSEs. St George's RC High, Walkden, has been earmarked for closure as part of a é110m overhaul of Salford schools.

9. 29. Master stroke that transformed a school

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 30 September 2006 ART is the answer to turning round a Salford school. Ninety-seven per cent of pupils who took the subject at Buile Hill High School last year gained A to C grade GCSEs.

10. 30. Top schools 'will scrap A-levels'

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 November 2007 THE best schools will teach children the government's new diplomas instead of A-levels and GCSEs, schools minister Jim Knight has predicted.

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