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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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Online Safety Bill: Just 9% of teachers think pupils will be safer

School leaders warn that the sector is 'a long way from being able to determine how effective the measures in the bill will be in practice'

Costs hike, Brexit and Covid force boarding school shake-up

State boarding schools to offer bed and breakfast and wraparound care amid 'collision' of issues as heads warn of 'upwards pressure' on fees

Scottish teachers raise concerns over backpay ‘inequality’

Teachers fear they will lose out by hundreds of pounds, following the recently agreed pay deal in Scotland, as a result of differing payroll arrangements in applying tax

SEND pressure as DfE bails out 1 in 5 councils

Fears that the latest wave of 'safety valve' deals, involving cost-cutting measures, could damage provision for the most vulnerable pupils

Government and unions to hold ‘intensive’ pay talks

Formal talks on teacher pay, conditions and workload reduction with major education unions will begin today and continue into the weekend

‘Bizarre’ ITT plan won’t help teacher shortage, experts warn

Latest DfE attempt to tackle the teacher recruitment crisis labelled a 'knee-jerk, short-term sticking plaster'

Teacher strikes LIVE: latest updates for schools

The NEU teaching union is holding the second of its last two planned strike days today, with teacher members walking out across England. You can find regular updates here

Unfunded school childcare plan not ‘sustainable’

School and sector leaders question feasibility of Treasury's new ambition for all primaries to offer wraparound care

Stem bursaries will continue, says Scottish education secretary

The £20,000 Stem bursaries are aimed at career changers wishing to undertake one-year teacher education courses in shortage secondary subjects

Revealed: 1 in 4 pupils persistently absent last spring

More than one-fifth of pupils missed 10 per cent of their sessions across the 2021-22 academic year, DfE analysis shows

Revealed: the number of pupils educated off-site

More than 30,000 pupils were regularly categorised under the controversial attendance code B by schools last term, new analysis from FFT Education Datalab shows

SNP leadership race: what should the new FM’s education priorities be?

In last night’s SNP leadership debate education finally got a mention – but do the candidates' priorities chime with the teaching profession's?

EYFS: Choke risk rules tightened

DfE makes early years foundation stage framework meal times change to "ensure safety"

Budget 2023: All primaries to provide ‘wraparound’ care

Jeremy Hunt said he wanted all primaries to offer care at both ends of the school day by September 2026 when delivering his Budget today

Calls for ‘ambitious’ new strategy to tackle Stem teacher shortage

Will the £20,000 Stem bursary for student teachers be available next year? The government won’t say – but opposition politicians want a new approach

Scottish teacher pay offer officially accepted

Education secretary says 'the threat of further strike action in our schools is now formally lifted'

Gibb: Teaching about suicide could be ‘requirement’ in RSE

Government review of relationships and sex education and health education could include a specific requirement to teach about suicide prevention, schools minister suggests

DfE seeks ‘outstanding’ leader to be next Ofsted chief

Applications to succeed Amanda Spielman as Ofsted chief inspector will close in early April, according to a new job advert

NEU attacks ‘new and unusual’ DfE stance on pay talks 

Heads' union leader criticises the DfE for creating an 'impasse' in pay talks as he emerges from meeting with education secretary

NASUWT members vote to accept Scottish teacher pay offer

Marginal vote in favour of teacher pay offer follows votes by other unions to accept, although the NASUWT 'remains in dispute' with Scottish government and local authorities

Workload is unmanageable, say most school staff

A major report on school staff wellbeing, compiled by ÌÇÐÄVlog, also shows that only about one-third of staff feel valued at work

Oak National Academy: Ofsted to advise subject groups

Resources for primary music and secondary geography lessons will be delayed by a year, national quango reveals

NEU: ‘Distraction politics’ won’t avert strikes

No teacher strike dates are planned from Friday, meaning the government will 'run out of excuses for not negotiating', warns NEU general secretary

‘Just 3%’ of nurseries say they can maintain provision

Early years leaders warn ministers of 'crisis' facing early years settings ahead of Wednesday's Budget