Education

Interactive explainers on education and the qualifications that shape it: long-form, self-contained pages you can read straight through or poke at. A personal corner, not an official guide: the figures are gathered from public sources and compiled with AI help, so treat them as a clear map of the picture rather than the last word, and check the primary sources cited on each page before relying on a number.

• GCSEs, explained

  A complete, interactive single-page guide to GCSEs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: their history from O-Levels to the 9–1 reforms, how exams and tiers work, the 9–1 grades decoded, subjects and the EBacc, the exam boards, a decade of results data, demographic gaps, the four-nations picture, controversies and records, plus six mini-apps (a grade converter, EBacc builder, Attainment 8 calculator, quiz, revision planner and results-day countdown).

• A-levels, explained

  The companion guide to the qualifications taken at 18: their history from 1951 to the Gove linear reforms, the A–E grades and the UCAS Tariff, subjects and university offers, exam boards, a decade of results data, the gender, regional and school-type gaps, controversies and records, plus mini-apps (a grade–points converter, a UCAS points calculator, a university offer checker, a results-day countdown and a quiz).