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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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Experts advising Sunak on maths-to-18 plan named

The expert advisory group will not be investigating the problem of the shortage of maths teachers as part of its remit

Keegan backs one-word Ofsted grades

Education secretary says Ofsted's chief inspector is looking at whether the regulator could work better with schools

Scottish teachers demand action over online abuse

Social media companies urged to 'stamp out' the abuse of teachers, which union warns is having a 'devastating' impact on mental health in the profession

Call for LGBT+ lessons in primary or early years

Most LGBT+ young people wish they had learned about inclusion at primary or nursery school, research shows

Not enough teachers for ‘maths to 18’ plan, Sunak admits

Advisory group to assess whether new maths qualification is needed to ensure all pupils study maths to 18, Sunak is set to announce today

Calls for air monitors in schools to examine pollution risk

There is ‘overwhelming evidence’ that air pollution harms children but at the moment not enough is known about pollutant levels around Scottish schools, say doctors

New Scottish education agency plans criticised by government

Reform board told early plans for Scotland’s three new education agencies do not yet reflect ‘the significant and anticipated level of change’

Attendance: what’s gone wrong and how can we fix it?

Tackling pupil absence has been held up as a priority by successive education ministers, but what lies behind the problem? And do schools have the tools to fix it?

London’s primary free school meal scheme to be assessed

The Education Endowment Foundation is seeking a research team to evaluate the wider impacts of providing free school meals to primary pupils

Meet the ministers: DfE reshuffles led to 133 introductory meetings

Some education leaders attended five introductory meetings with Department for Education ministers in six months as government turmoil led to repeated reshuffles

Heads throw weight behind key assessment reforms

Ending three years in a row of high-stakes exams is essential to a 'coherent programme of teaching', says School Leaders Scotland

Parents’ help with schoolwork ‘does little’ for pupil progress

Daily help from parents has only a small impact on primary teachers' perception of pupil progress, study finds

FM urged to intervene in ‘fire and rehire’ row at former school

A union has called for Humza Yousaf to step in amid claims the private school he attended – Hutchesons’ Grammar – is offering its teachers a downgraded pension

Just 1 in 10 school leaders trust pay review body

Headteachers' union says that the STRB 'has lost the confidence of the profession' after snap poll

Pam Duncan-Glancy named Scottish Labour education spokeswoman

Michael Marra, who had been the party’s education spokesman at Holyrood, now becomes Labour’s finance spokesman

School nurture approaches could ‘mask’ behaviour issues, union says

Employers 'cannot simply choose to ignore or underestimate the dangers of violent pupils', says NASUWT general secretary

NASUWT to re-ballot teachers over strike action

All four teaching unions have now rejected the government's pay offer

‘Wake up’ to Stem teacher shortage, ministers warned

NASUWT president will plead for action on teacher recruitment in a speech at the teachers' union's annual conference in Glasgow today

Heads ‘in dark’ as 32.5-hour school week deadline looms

Schools will struggle to implement policy after eight-month delay to guidance, DfE warned

Rising housing costs hitting young teachers’ work

The NASUWT teaching union's annual conference is taking place this weekend

Teacher strikes: ‘Pay fight might not be won this year’

Outgoing NEU joint general secretaries warn Gillian Keegan to 'do her job' as they admit dispute might not be won on their watch

SEND: Teachers struggle to ‘paper over cracks’ of broken system

NASUWT survey reveals just 3% of teachers say pupils with special educational needs or disabilities always receive the support to which they are entitled

Mental health leads: over 8 in 10 teachers don’t get enough support

Just 8 per cent of teachers who responded to an NEU survey said they had sufficient access to Camhs support

Ofsted crisis: Call on heads to quit inspection

NEU members back action to put pressure on Ofsted following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry