A Government review panel has suggested that students failing GCSE Maths will be required to re-sit it until they pass.

The review has been carried out by Professor Alison Wolf, an expert in education and skills who said, “We've got more than half our 15-16 year olds failing to get get good maths and good English at GCSE the first time round and two years later it's no better”

She believes children should study mainly academic subjects until they are 16 and that if they do not get a good GCSE in English and maths by that age, they should be made to continue with those subjects.

"We've got more than half our 15-16 year olds failing to get good maths and good English at GCSE the first time round and two years later it's no better," Prof Wolf told the BBC. Until 16, she says, pupils should spend 80% of their time on core subjects.

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.    Did you know that In England only 55% of children get five A to C grade GCSE results, including English and maths. 

.    A Government-commissioned report has concluded  that 47 % of adults have maths skills below the standard expected of a 14-year-old pupil at school. It means their numeracy is so poor they would be unable to pass a GCSE and achieve even the lowest G grade. Meanwhile 16 per cent, around five million, have literacy skills at the same low standards (Source - Daily Mail Feb 2011)

.    An eight-year-old boy and his nine year-old sister have both gained A* grades in GCSE maths. The boy said: ''I love doing maths, it's really fun. It was exciting to do the exam and get the results, I just want to keep on doing it.'' He wants to become a mathematician one day but his sister's favourite subject is English and she is keeping her options open for the future (Source Daily Telegraph Jan 2010)

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