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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