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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 to issue warning over part-time timetables
Approach being used 'too often' as behaviour tool, chief inspector Amanda Spielman will say in annual report tomorrow
Snow day: How schools responded to the wintry weather
Nearly 10,000 pupils logged into remote learning sites this morning as many schools were forced to close their doors
Hiring teachers should be top DfE priority, say parents
Parents would be happy with 'more frequent, lighter touch' Ofsted inspections, finds report
Schools face ‘large squeeze’ despite extra funding, IFS warns
A new report lays out the 'chronic underfunding of education', a headteachers' leader has said
New strike date announced in Scottish teacher pay dispute
SSTA and EIS unions will coordinate strike action across Scotland in January and more announcements could be made in coming days
Schools Bill: What to expect next from the DfE
After months of political turmoil, the government has axed its flagship legislation. What will this mean for schools?
Scottish councils reveal Covid comeback education targets
Scottish Attainment Challenge 'stretch goals' aim for pre-pandemic levels in primary schools – but the government is told not to pass the buck to local councils
ITT Market Review: ‘All appeals rejected by DfE’
Sector body UCET says appeals process was 'seriously flawed'
Sturgeon should intervene in teacher pay dispute, say unions
Teachers are 'very angry' and feel 'messed about' over pay, but union boss says first minister could act as peacemaker
Maintained school accounts reveal deficit hotspots
The average revenue balance of maintained schools was £178,500 last financial year – but the money was not spread evenly across the country
Exclusive: Almost 40% of places on secondary teaching courses unfilled
Scottish universities struggling to fill even half of places for priority subjects such as science and maths
Exclusive: DfE task force to probe academy red tape
Baroness Barran will lead a sector and school leader group tasked with simplifying trust reporting requirements
Strep A: DfE issues scarlet fever advice to schools
Headteachers should contact their local health protection team if there is an outbreak of two or more linked scarlet fever cases within 10 days
ITT market shake up: ‘16% of trainee places could be at risk’
Experts warn DfE that removing training providers 'risks exacerbating existing teacher shortages that already plague schools'
Somerville defends move to reject key recommendation on SQA
Accreditation of qualifications would not be independent enough of government if advice of Muir report is followed, insists education secretary
Schools Bill: DfE wants to salvage safeguarding plans
Ministers still want to tighten rules on illegal schools, private school regulation and teacher misconduct
Teaching unions ‘digging in for long haul’ over pay dispute
The boss of striking union, the SSTA, says more teacher walk-outs will be announced on Friday
Keegan’s first education committee: 9 things we learned
The education secretary faced questions from committee MPs for the first time today. Here's everything you need to know
Schools Bill ‘will not progress’, says Keegan
Education secretary Gillian Keegan says the controversial Schools Bill will not progress in this parliamentary session
Revealed: The staffing challenges at disadvantaged schools
Schools with more pupils on free school meals have more teachers leaving, more vacancies and spend more on supply staff, research shows
Lack of training causing ‘patchy’ RSE, schools warned
Teachers avoid 'tricky questions' in relationship and sex education lessons due to 'lack of confidence', report finds
Scottish teachers set for two days of strikes over pay
Members of the SSTA and NASUWT unions will follow the EIS by striking in pursuit a better pay offer
Students in most affluent areas likelier to appeal exam grades
SQA analysis also finds that independent schools had higher appeal rate in 2022 than state schools – and their appeals were also more likely to be successful
MSPs to debate ‘the state of the Scottish education system’
Teachers are being 'neglected and let down' and the education system is suffering from 'badly-drawn reform' and 'a failure to innovate', Tories will say