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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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GCSEs: ‘Stifling’ curriculum ‘overloads’ students, warn Lords

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

Teacher pay ‘must exceed 3.3% next year’, says expert

Schools will need more funding for teacher pay as average UK salaries are set to rise by more than previously forecast, expert warns

Ruth Perry: Heads’ leaders call for pause to Ofsted inspections

ASCL and NAHT say a pause would allow 'meaningful action to be taken' following the inquest into the death of Ruth Perry

Lee Wilson to be interim chief at Outwood Grange

The multi-academy trust's deputy chief executive is taking over from Sir Martyn Oliver, who leaves to become Ofsted chief inspector

Call for extended school day and extracurricular boost

Parents and teachers want Ofsted inspections and the school accountability system to be 'more transparent, well-rounded, and less high-stakes', finds report

Schools with poorer pupils faced bigger spending cuts

Spending by schools with higher levels of disadvantaged pupils has fallen by more than twice as much as schools with the most affluent intakes, finds IFS analysis

Teacher CPD ‘vital’ in battle against climate change

Climate change and sustainability education is too often superficial, fragmented and focused on science and geography, finds report

Louise Hayward: Assessment review ‘not radical’

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

Sister of Ruth Perry criticises Ofsted apology

Julia Waters said the response from the inspectorate to the inquest outcome was 'woefully inadequate'

Earmark funding for holiday pay claims, schools told

Planned legislation on staff holiday pay will save schools money but some will still be vulnerable to legal claims, lawyers warn

Spielman apologises to Ruth Perry’s family for distress of inspection

Ofsted chief reacts to a coroner's conclusion that an Ofsted inspection 'likely contributed' to the death of headteacher Ruth Perry

FM accused of ‘destroying’ Scottish education after Pisa decline

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

NEU challenges Keegan over teacher pay ‘delays’

The NEU teachers' union calls on education secretary Gillian Keegan to urgently issue a remit to the School Teachers’ Review Body

NI leaders demand end of ‘chronic underfunding’

Pupils in Northern Ireland should be entitled to the same level of investment as those in England, Scotland or Wales, say seven key NI education leaders

Weekly round-up: Ruth Perry verdict and trainee shortage

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

Ruth Perry inquest verdict must be ‘catalyst for change’, say heads

The inquest into headteacher Ruth Perry's death concluded that Ofsted 'likely contributed' to her taking her own life

Boris Johnson: Schools were ‘terrific Covid reservoirs’

The former prime minister told the Covid inquiry he was 'desperate' to keep schools open in January 2021 but 'it wasn't a runner'

DfE rejects MPs’ call for mental health review to tackle absence

There are 'outstanding questions' about whether schools have resources to meet demand for mental health and SEND services, says Robin Walker

Ofsted inspection ‘likely contributed’ to Ruth Perry’s death

Senior coroner says Ms Perry's 'mental health deterioration and death was likely contributed to by the Ofsted inspection' at the conclusion of inquest

Ruth Perry: Ofsted inspection ‘likely contributed’ to her death

The headteacher took her own life after Ofsted downgraded her primary school from its highest rating to its lowest, inquest finds

Revealed: secondary ITT target missed by half

Government data shows the teacher recruitment crisis has 'plumbed new depths', heads' leaders warn

Breaking: Only half of secondary teacher trainee target reached

The government has recruited just half of the secondary teacher trainees it said it needed this year

Schools need tech investment to avoid online exam ‘divide’

Exam boards have called on the government to make sure schools have the digital access and guidance they need for online GCSE exams

Visa crackdown: what schools need to know

Here is the essential information that teachers and leaders need about the government's latest immigration plans