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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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Teachers ‘pick up pieces’ of ‘dangerous misogyny’
Warning comes amid concerns over sexual harassment against women teachers and girls in schools
Revealed: 7 changes ministers told to make on early years
Education committee chair warns that a 'very significant statistical increase in SEND in the early years ought to be ringing alarm bells'
Ofsted ‘flat-out wrong’ on MAT exclusions, says DfE adviser
DfE behaviour tsar Tom Bennett has criticised Ofsted for suggesting suspensions and exclusions were too high in a multi-academy trust report
Subject experts cast doubt over national music education plan
Warning comes ahead of September deadline for schools to set out plans for ‘high-quality music curriculum', including at least an hour a week of teaching
Need to know: new figures on widening access to university
The Scottish government hit its overall interim target for getting more young people from disadvantaged areas into university – but three higher education institutions failed to satisfy individual targets
Schools need details of £40m hardship fund ‘ASAP’, DfE told
School leaders' union urges DfE to reveal the criteria for its hardship fund, announced as part of the teacher pay deal
Ofsted: Less than 4 in 10 schools make changes after inspection
Plus: two schools’ overall grades changed after complaints to Ofsted, and other findings from inspectorate’s annual report
ASCL calls off strike vote as heads back pay deal
An overwhelming majority of the school leaders' union's members vote to accept last week's 6.5 per cent pay offer
Flexible working could help teachers’ admin overload
New research suggests teachers and middle leaders are spending around two hours a day on administrative tasks
Most teachers have to run lessons outside of specialism
The DfE has published findings from surveys it has carried out with thousands of school staff. Here is everything you need to know
Costs crisis: Just 20% of schools said energy relief scheme helped
DfE report shows how cost-of-living crisis led to some schools cutting staff numbers and turning heating down or off during the winter
Is there any way back for Ofsted?
The school inspection system is widely seen as broken – so, can it be fixed, or is Ofsted too far gone to save?
Revealed: The schools that got DfE repairs cash after appealing
Projects including urgent fire safety work, roof replacements and boiler and heating repairs will go ahead after more than 20 schools won appeals having been turned down by the Condition Improvement Fund
Catch-up: DfE extends early years language scheme funding
The NELI programme has been funded by the department to help pupils impacted by the pandemic catch up on speech, language and communication skills
Suspensions hit all-time high
The suspension rate during the first full year following the Covid lockdowns was the highest recorded in government published figures
Weekly round-up: Teacher pay rise and new Ofsted boss
This week’s education news round-up includes reaction to the new teacher pay offer, the announcement of the government's chosen candidate to take over at Ofsted and concerns over the accuracy of Sats marking
GCSEs 2023: Prepare for lower results, Keegan tells teachers
The education secretary also expressed a 'huge thank you' to school leaders and staff for their work during 'a challenging year' due to strikes and the cost-of-living crisis
Keegan: School gender guidance ‘may take longer’
Education secretary confirms government plan to require schools to get parental consent for pupils to identify as a different gender
DfE confirms it is backing Oliver as next Ofsted chief
Sir Martyn Oliver says 'prioritising inclusion and aiming for the highest standards in all areas' will remain his key principles when he is in charge of Ofsted
10 questions with...Benedick Ashmore-Short
The chief executive of The Park Academies Trust talks to ÌÇÐÄVlog about his ballet background, Eminem and nearly becoming a Blue Peter presenter
Schools to be measured on girls’ access to PE
Mandatory equality criteria to be phased into awards scheme will recognise schools for improving PE access for girls and encouraging physical activity
NEU: Third of executive vote against 6.5% pay deal
A faction within the NEU has launched its own 'Educators Say No!' campaign, urging members to vote against accepting the latest pay award and against ending industrial action
NPQ take-up still far off 150,000 government target
At the end of the second year in a three-year target, the DfE has recorded just 63,454 funded National Professional Qualification course starts
MAT leaders warn DfE over ‘mass consolidation agenda’
Multi-academy trust bosses share concerns with the department's Regions Group chief as he sets out how new academisation decision-making process will work