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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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Secondary heads play down impact of strike action on exams
Despite the teacher strike over pay closing secondary schools across Scotland today, heads say schools had plenty of time to reschedule preliminary exams
Using primaries to ease special schools pressure ‘a damning admission of failure’
Special school pupils could be housed temporarily in unfilled primary schools as DfE looks at ways to use space left vacant by falling pupil rolls
10 questions with... Emma Hollis
NASBTT executive director Emma Hollis talks to ÌÇÐÄVlog about the importance of staying humble and the increasing pressure the education sector is facing
Call for MPs to investigate private school taxes
Labour plans to force a vote in Parliament on the creation of a new committee to look at the 'fair taxation of schools and education standards'
Headteachers won’t accept ‘bullies’ charter’ strike law, ministers warned
'Dog's breakfast' legislation 'flies in the face of long-held civil liberties', say teaching union leaders
Cross-party group to examine case for assessment reform
Exams system to come under scrutiny by MPs in attempt to influence political parties' manifestos
School energy bills ‘will stay high’ with reduced support
Schools' energy bills could be tens of thousands higher than they would have been if the previous government support scheme had continued, school leaders warn
Scottish free school meals pledge to remain undelivered by August 2024
Universal free school meals were supposed to be in place in primary by August 2022 – but the pledge won’t even be fully realised two years after that
Watchdog signs off SIMS contract break clause plan
But no decision made on whether ESS broke Competition Act law by adding new clause to contracts for school informational management systems
Revealed: Where excluded pupils end up
'Inadequate' schools have twice as many pupils who had been permanently excluded than those rated 'outstanding', finds analysis
Scottish teacher pay strikes: deal still ‘some distance’ away
Teaching unions say they were left with no alternative but to go out on strike this week, but there are 'some grounds for optimism'
Some schools to get reduced help with energy bills from April
The government has announced another year of help for schools, but only those with the most expensive bills will receive support
Scottish teacher strikes to go ahead as planned tomorrow
Strike action will also take place on Wednesday after no new teacher pay offer was tabled
Ministers warned time is running out to avert teacher strike threat
Unions set to hold more talks with DfE over pay but one leader said they have heard nothing to dissuade them from taking industrial action
New timeline for Scottish qualifications review
The final report of the independent Hayward review of qualifications and assessment in Scotland has been delayed to ensure ‘meaningful engagement’
Pay talks: Ministers urged to find more money for teachers
Union leaders to meet education secretary Gillian Keegan today amid looming threat of strikes in schools over pay
Oak launches subject expert groups to win over teachers
Curriculum resources quango seeks to recruit teacher subject advisers but unions sound alarm over government 'status'
Teacher pay body has its ‘arms tied’, says governors’ chief
Emma Knights calls for shake-up of teacher pay review system to make it 'more independent' of government
Nearly 7 in 10 ASCL members want strike vote
The union's general secretary says the results show the 'strength of feeling' among members
New social mobility tsar as Birbalsingh resigns
High-profile headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh steps down as chair of the Social Mobility Commission, saying her 'notoriety' put the organisation 'in jeopardy'
New strike laws will ‘inflame’ disputes, warns EIS boss
Teacher strike action over pay is already underway in Scotland but ‘meaningful negotiation’ is the way to resolve disputes – not legislation, says Andrea Bradley
Fears for pupil safety as safeguarding referrals result in ‘no action’
Why do so many safeguarding referrals from schools end in 'no further action', and why is the system increasingly 'fraught and difficult'? ÌÇÐÄVlog investigates
‘Extreme’ costs and ‘political instability’ disrupt MAT investment
Cost pressures are forcing major academy trusts to delay investment in education and school buildings, accounts show
Primary teachers to get pupil careers training
New £2.6m government scheme will provide training and support to teachers in 55 Education Investment Areas