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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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Teacher trainee dropout warning amid costs crisis
Exclusive: School-based training providers warn of exodus of students who can't afford to finish courses
‘9 in 10’ school leaders suffer poor mental health
Most school staff have considered leaving in the past academic year, with heavy workload a major factor, research shows
SEND plan delayed until next year, minister confirms
Reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities system will no longer be set out by the end of the year
EIS announces further strike action as pay dispute escalates
Strike action to take place over 16 consecutive days in January and February, with teachers in two local authorities walking out each day
School support staff buying food for pupils
School support staff are skipping meals themselves in the cost-of-living crisis but buying food, stationery and other items for pupils, says Unison
Ofsted won’t judge schools on catch-up league table
The DfE must now ditch plans to publish a 'de facto league table' on schools' National Tutoring Programme take-up, say heads' leaders
Research shows 3 in 4 teaching assistants face pupil violence
Union warns TAs are suffering broken bones, torn ligaments and bites while doing their job
Teachers ‘can’t fix systemic inequity’ in Ucas system
The personal statement in the university applications process should be replaced with a series of short-response questions to address 'unfairness', warns HEPI
Covid: Teachers needed more evidence for masks
DfE research shows schools where masks were requested to be worn saw a slower rise in Covid absences
Scottish teacher pay strikes: another union rejects latest offer
On the day the EIS calls teachers out for the first national pay strike since the 1980s, the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association condemns 'pathetic' offer
Attendance: 1 in 4 schools not sharing daily data with DfE
Children's commissioner Rachel de Souza said she wanted all schools to report daily attendance 'as soon as possible'
DfE air monitor rollout ‘better late than never’
Heads say the supply of carbon-dioxide monitors earlier in the pandemic could have reduced Covid disruption
Times tables check: more than 25% get top marks
DfE announces multiplication tables results and extra maths hub funding in push towards 2030 Sats target
EYFS: ‘Significant’ drop in pupils at expected level
Less than half of disadvantaged Reception pupils at expected level, DfE data shows
Scottish primary heads: It’s time ‘to make our voices heard’
Headteachers must juggle school budgets all the time – primary heads are calling on government and councils to do the same and make them a better pay offer to stop strike action
Suspensions up on pre-pandemic levels but exclusions still lower
The number of suspensions last autumn is the highest in a single term since at least 2016
Revealed: MAT group’s warning on ‘stricken duck’ schools
The influential Queen Street Group of multi-academy trusts pledges to support small MATs and help more women to become leaders
Teachers in Scotland begin first national pay strike since 1980s
Striking teachers turn out to express 'outrage' over latest pay offer and 'determination to secure a much improved, genuinely fair' settlement
‘Very low’ attainers in Year 2 reading triple post-Covid
EEF chief executive Professor Becky Francis says 'tackling education equality' is the biggest challenge facing school system
GCSEs: ‘No big bang’ move to online exams
AQA exam board leader rules out running hybrid exams held both on and offline in different schools
National teacher pay strike in Scotland: what happens now?
With a national teacher pay strike in Scotland now certain to go ahead, here are 17 things EIS members need to know
Church plan to double minority-ethnic heads in 5 years
Church of England launches leadership scheme to support 450 minority-ethnic teachers into headship across all types of schools
Year 7s need bigger wellbeing focus, study warns
Celebrating students’ achievements and avoiding negative comparisons could avoid sharp decline in wellbeing, finds research
Mental health ‘should be part of schools’ catch-up’
Almost half of Year 11s are above the threshold for 'probable mental ill health', new research suggests