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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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Cut energy use through staff ‘spot checks’, leaders told

The government has launched new energy efficiency guidance for schools – here are the 6 key recommendations

Strep A: Pupils at schools with outbreaks could get antibiotics

Schools minister Nick Gibb says preventative antibiotics could be given to children at schools affected by Strep A infections

Schools to get £500m for energy upgrades

The government has set out more detail on how the extra £2bn from last month's Autumn Statement will be allocated

Teaching lacks flexibility of other jobs, warns minister

Baroness Barran highlights the lack of flexibility in teaching compared with other graduate jobs, when asked why the government is missing teacher recruitment targets

Council funding gap equivalent to 17,500 teachers

Schools in Scotland face funding challenges with councils warning they have a £1 billion budget shortfall and are ‘at a crisis point like never before’

Heads and teachers urged to vote on strikes after ITT slump

School leader and teacher unions issue joint call for votes on industrial action ballots following yesterday's 'disastrous' teacher trainee recruitment figures

School sixth forms face closure without funding boost

Exclusive: Trust leader says cuts to sixth forms could be 'catastrophic' for students if local A-level provision disappears

Revealed: The ‘catastrophic’ drop in teacher trainee numbers

DfE data shows that the government missed three-quarters of subject and phase targets for initial teacher training recruitment

Most heads see a rise in pupils who can’t afford lunch

It is 'a scandal' that growing numbers of school pupils are going without basics such as food and warm clothing, warns Sutton Trust founder

DfE forced to delay catch-up clawback deadline

Exclusive: The government has given some schools longer to challenge its recovery of tutoring cash after heads left in the dark

GCSEs 2023: What schools must do if exams are cancelled

Ofqual doesn't expect schools to determine teacher-assessed grades this year but has set out what's needed in case formal exams can't go ahead in summer

Nicola Sturgeon: Teachers have had a ‘fair’ pay offer

First minister grilled over teacher pay dispute, which led last week to first national strike action since the mid 1980s

DfE fails to hit primary teacher trainee target

Call for 'radical action' on pay and workload as the latest 'catastrophic' teacher trainee data reveals that over three-quarters of subjects missed ITT recruitment target

SEND: DfE bids to boost school psychologist staff

Funding for training new educational psychologists could reach £32m over six years

Primary pupils worse hit by Covid school closures

Partial school closures in spring term 2021 may have had a more negative impact on pupil mental health than those in the first lockdown, NFER analysis suggests

More teacher strikes on cards as unions reject pay offer

Unions highlight that new proposal is actually worse for many experienced teachers in promoted posts than the previous pay offer

Key proposal on SQA reform rejected by government

New exam body will continue to both award and regulate qualifications – fuelling accusations that ongoing Scottish education reform is just a 'rebrand'

Fears for D&T as teaching posts go unfilled

Many secondary schools in Scotland have been unable to recruit design and technology teachers, prompting warnings that the subject could 'die out through neglect'

Oak: Legal action launched against DfE

Legal action described as a 'last resort' has been lodged against DfE decision to turn Oak into arm's-length public body

Schools wait ‘far too long’ for DfE cost-cutter help

Investigation: Budget pressures see sharp rise in schools asking for government financial help – but they could face a long wait, according to data seen by ÌÇÐÄVlog

5 key education issues in Scotland, Wales and NI

The children's commissioners in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland criticise exclusions policies, sex education and financial barriers to learning

Ofsted to launch 3-tier SEND area inspections next year

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission will start new SEND area inspections, which will give one of three judgements, in early 2023

Pupils with poor mental health 3 times more likely to miss lessons

Pupils with mental health issues are less likely to feel safe at school or enjoy learning, NHS survey shows

New teacher training partnerships to get more time before Ofsted

New teacher training provider partnerships, created as a result of the DfE's reaccreditation process, should not be inspected 'too early', says official