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Ms Wadsworth will replace Sir Ian Bauckham, who is standing down to become interim chief regulator

Ofqual confirms that students will be provided with formulae and equation sheets in GCSE maths, physics and combined science exams

Teachers ‘should be trusted’ on literacy and numeracy attainment – just as they are trusted to set and mark exams, says education secretary

Heads’ leader calls plan to introduce Advanced British Standard qualification ‘headless chicken policymaking’ amid a teacher recruitment crisis

An Ofqual reports says a single GCSE has the same carbon footprint as a 1.8km journey in a petrol car. Ofqual chief Dr Jo Saxton explains what this means for pen-and-paper exams

The new official figures demonstrate ‘a clear rise in standards above pre-pandemic levels’, according to Scottish education secretary Jenny Gilruth

Ministers should scrap the EBacc and reduce student assessment, according to cross-party Lords committee

Artificial intelligence could have huge implications for qualifications, assessment and more, say Richard Holme and Rick Grammatica

Falling maths, reading and science Pisa scores cannot be entirely blamed on Covid – so what else has been going wrong in Wales, asks Gareth Evans

Education secretary has predicted a ‘radical shift in Scottish education’ – but reform report author insists there is nothing revolutionary about its proposals

Scotland’s Pisa results were ‘not good enough’, Humza Yousaf said today – but he cautioned against dismissing ‘the entirety of Scottish education’ based on them

This week’s essential education news includes the inquest ruling on the death of Ruth Perry and the DfE falling far short of its targets for new teacher trainees