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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