A high-flying student has earned a top grade in an unusual GCSE subject. Grace Dickson, a pupil at Springwood High School, achieved a grade 9 in astronomy, becoming only the second student at the ...

Lovers of the stars, sky and space have had the option to study astronomy on the curriculum since September 2017, when Pearson Edexcel launched the UK’s first (and currently only) GCSE in the subject.

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