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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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Ofsted inspectors’ strike inspection plan ‘concern’

Four in five senior Ofsted inspectors are unhappy with the plan to start school inspections on Monday ahead of teacher strikes, a snapshot poll shows

Wanted: ‘Like-minded teachers’ to challenge the DfE

DfE seeks new members for its Teacher Reference Group, particularly those working in 'challenging contexts'

Walker: Increasing early years funding ‘more effective’ than catch-up

Former schools minister tells MPs that increased investment in the early years would be 'more effective' than 'catch-up funding spent in the school years'

Support staff union plans strike ballot

Unison rejects a flat pay offer of £1,925 for school support staff from April

Sunak steps in over RSE row

'Hard to be anything other than deeply concerned' by relationships and sex education announcement, says union leader

Teacher strikes: DfE ‘refused’ pay mediation talks offer

Unions criticise education secretary Gillian Keegan after offer of arbitration was rejected

Is the Higher brand about to be consigned to history?

The Higher has been described as the 'gold standard' and the 'cornerstone' of Scottish education, but the term could be swept away after more than 130 years in an attempt to give parity to other qualifications and forms of learning

Teachers ‘papering over the cracks’ in mental health support

A damning report by the children's commissioner calls for more mental health support in all schools by 2025

Early years language catch-up scheme ‘beneficial’ but time consuming

The DfE-funded Nuffield Early Language Intervention helped with Reception pupils' Covid recovery despite staff shortages, report finds

Biggest primary MAT announces GAG pooling plans

REAch2 Academy Trust says move could allow for creation of trust-wide educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and school counsellors

Big increase in reluctant readers, say secondary teachers

Social media and not recognising the importance of reading to learn is contributing to a fall in time reading among teens, finds new survey

Boys and girls should be offered same sports in school, says DfE

Union leader welcomes the move but warns school funding pressures are limiting extracurricular clubs

DfE warned over measuring disadvantage gap

The rollout of universal credit makes it harder to assess the size of the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, researchers warn

Secondary school vacancies ‘higher than ever’

Figures analysed by ÌÇÐÄVlog reveal job adverts are 25% higher than pre-pandemic as school leaders warn of specialist teacher 'panic buying'

Schools lack the tools to tackle pupil absence, MPs told

Six key findings as experts give evidence to an MPs' inquiry into persistent pupil absence in schools

Schools miscode absence to dodge scrutiny on managed moves, MPs told

Policy expert says some schools apply the 'B code' to avoid getting 'caught out' on managed moves as children's commissioner warns of 'inconsistency' in how the code is used

How many teacher education places went unfilled in your subject?

Just PE, history and modern studies hit or exceeded their teacher education recruitment targets in Scotland this year for the most popular route into secondary teaching

Ofsted to swerve strikes with Monday inspections

In a break from usual Ofsted convention, some schools will be told on Friday that they will be inspected on Monday, prompting concern for staff wellbeing

Posts of TikTok-inspired school protests ‘abusive about staff’

Disorderly behaviour and material posted online linked to the current wave of school protests are 'unacceptable', warns union leader

Non-UK teachers offered £10k to move to England

The pilot scheme for languages and physics teachers, which could cost up to £4m next year, is 'sign of desperation from the government', says union leader

Scottish secondary heads advised to reject new pay deal

Secondary headteachers say the latest offer 'devalues them' given pay rises are capped for those earning over £80,000

Teacher strikes: Will there be more walkouts in the summer?

The NEU has warned there could be further strike days in the summer term if there is no progress on pay talks with the government. How likely are we to see further action?

New Scottish teacher pay offer details released

EIS union recommends that members accept the pay offer, which follows several rounds of teacher strike action since November

‘Disappointment’ as Keegan snubs union conference

First education secretary in 16 years to turn down speaking at ASCL event as she 'hopes to be in pay talks' with striking NEU leaders