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GCSE results 2026: English and maths pass rates down for fifth straight year

This year’s GCSE results also reveal that the regional divide in England in attainment continued to widen while the gender gap narrowed

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Whitehall ‘must not dictate’ teacher training entitlement

Report will interrogate Labour's announcement that it would work with schools to deliver a 'teacher training entitlement' if elected

9 in 10 large MATs expect to grow by 2025

ÌÇÐÄVlog reveals the multi-academy trusts planning to expand, consolidate or halt growth in the next two years

IFS: Schools need £700m more funding next year

To restore purchasing power lost since 2010, schools would need £3.2 billion in extra funding, the think tank warns

DfE urges lower teacher pay rise next year

The government has recommended teacher pay awards return to ‘a more sustainable level’ for 2024-25

Adnodd boss: Good resources will ‘help bring CfW to life’

The right resources will be crucial to helping teachers make a success of the new curriculum, says the chief executive of Wales’ new resources body

Weekly round-up: Teacher pay and absence crackdown

Your essential education news this week includes the government recommending a lower teacher pay rise and schools being forced to share daily attendance data

Teaching assistant pay: Unions call for 10% rise

Pay rise is essential for school support staff battling the cost-of-living crisis, real-terms pay cuts and increasing job stress, say unions

Assessment: Teachers face ‘significant AI burden’

Teachers need more support to identify 'undeclared' use of artificial intelligence in coursework, school and exam leaders warn

Some autistic pupils have to ‘fail’ to get support, MSPs told

Inquiry into additional support for learning hears of families who do not feel that their autistic child is included in mainstream school

NI schools ‘let down’ by new buildings funding withdrawal

Education minister Paul Givan seeks to reassure schools after accusing UK government of 'reneging' on a financial commitment to integrated schools

Speech and language therapists ‘should be in schools’

Speech and language therapists should be working in schools supporting teachers – not in clinics, says the head of the professional body for SLTs in Scotland

‘Increase’ in pupil suspensions and exclusions last term

FFT Education Datalab has issued a warning around the 'additional pressure' the increase could put on alternative provision 

‘Outdated’ facilities are harming learning, warn teachers

Survey findings reflect 'catastrophic underinvestment' in the school estate, according to heads' union

‘Most parents’ back Scotland’s LGBT-inclusive education

Now teaching unions are calling for ‘time, support and resources’ so schools can confidently bring LGBT-inclusive education into the curriculum

Schools must share attendance data from August

DfE confirms statutory measures to combat low attendance, including national framework for parent fines

Education reform will begin in 2024, promises Gilruth

Scotland's education secretary attempts to ease concerns that little progress has been made on reforming assessment and qualifications since the June 2023 Hayward report

Open plan ‘super schools’ deemed bad for pupils with ASN

New schools are often large and open plan, but the noise can make it harder for children to learn – and in the worst-case scenario, they can also be unsafe, MSPs hear

Money, parity, clarity: the top priorities for assessment reform

Hayward review consultation sheds light on how the Scottish education sector wants qualifications reformed, drawing on the views of more than 11,000 people

The Cam Academy Trust appoints new chief executive

Claire Heald, currently national director of education at Academies Enterprise Trust, will take up her new role in June

MAT body calls for major changes to accountability

Confederation of School Trusts urges government to review school league tables and consult on replacing inspection grades

Major academy trust launches think tank with Eton

Star Academies and Eton announce plan to set up organisation focused on ensuring high-achieving pupils reach their potential

Subject-specific language ‘boosts EAL pupils’ science grades’

Training in how to use more academic language in lessons helps teachers feel more confident in multilingual classrooms, research finds

Pupils less school-ready this year, say half of teachers

More children 'appear to be starting primary school without the basic life skills they need', heads' leader warns

Why are more Scottish students leaving school after S4?

For two years running the proportion of school leavers from S6 has fallen and the proportions from S4 and S5 have increased – but why?