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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