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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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NTP could ‘hit target but miss the point’, warns union leader

Funding constraints are pushing schools to 'redesignate' staff as tutors without any extra cover, says NAHT boss

Ofsted accused of moving goalposts on ‘outstanding’ schools

Ofsted report showing high number of top-rated schools being downgraded may paint a 'misleading' picture, leader warns

Ofsted: 5 things Amanda Spielman told MPs today

Chief inspector rejects the suggestion that Ofsted might have deliberately downgraded top-rated schools

Schools need DfE transgender guidance ‘urgently’, says Spielman

Ofsted chief inspector says schools need help from the government to 'navigate' their way through a 'minefield'

Early years: Poor pupils make less progress in richer areas

New research shows that those eligible for free school meals have poorer educational outcomes in affluent areas compared with more deprived ones

‘Nearly half’ of schools use non-specialist maths teachers

The teacher shortage is forcing schools to use measures that could 'drag' down pupil outcomes, experts warn

Warning as PE ‘squeezed out’ for exam students

Curriculum and accountability pressures in schools have resulted in a 20 per cent fall in allocated PE lessons for GCSE students, research suggests

Ofsted: 83% of ‘outstanding’ schools downgraded in full inspection

Top-rated primary schools almost twice as likely to be downgraded than secondaries after 'outstanding' inspection exemption lifted

NTP: Gibb refuses to back ‘common-sense’ subsidy change

Exclusive: heads' union had asked the DfE to consider dropping the requirement for schools to top up catch-up tutoring funding

Scottish teacher pay strike: 24 hours to avert action

Scotland's biggest teachers' union has set out the timeline it is working to, including the last moment the government could table a fresh pay offer

Secondary head gender pay gap widens by over a third

The gender pay gap for secondary school leaders has jumped by 37 per cent in a year, new analysis shows

EYFS: Ofsted warned over excluding Reception teaching in review

More than 100 signatories to highly critical letter of inspectorate's review

Teacher vacancy adverts hit record high

A teacher vacancy service has recorded a record 100,000 teaching post adverts so far this year

Somerville tells heads strike action over pay can still be averted

Education secretary tells Scottish secondary school leaders ‘even at this late stage’ she hopes ‘an acceptable resolution’ can be found

Heads to vote on strike ballot despite cash boost

Union to issue 'consultative ballot' on industrial action vote as 'schools have faced a decade of real-terms cuts' and teacher pay deal that is both 'inadequate' and 'unaffordable'

DfE to roll out school mental health lead hub

The government is looking at backing more support for school mental health leads as it emerges that just 810 schools have taken up training funding this year

Revealed: Why some heads won’t screen Qatar World Cup

Exclusive: Some leaders will not show England's game during school hours because of ethical concerns about decision to host tournament in Qatar

DfE urged to curb powers over ‘coasting’ academies

Ofsted ratings handed to schools before they joined an academy trust should not trigger intervention, education leaders warn ministers

Axe ‘unwanted and ill-fated’ Oak, Keegan told

Joint letter to education secretary warns that the new DfE curriculum quango will cause 'irreparable damage to school autonomy'

Two more days of national teacher strike action in Scotland

Union says talks today led to no improvement on the previous teacher pay offer of 5 per cent

Scottish heads meet face to face - so what are they talking about?

Heads at first full School Leaders Scotland conference since 2019 fear education reform will be ‘reshuffling of the deckchairs’ – but are told, if it is, ‘you’ve only yourselves to blame’

ESFA creating high-paying academy hit list

DfE agency chief says work is ongoing to identify trusts paying salaries 'we really do need to be concerned about'

School clusters joining MATs ‘makes sense’, says DfE chief

Debate about the DfE's aim of all schools being in multi-academy trusts by 2030 also hears that the target could 'destroy' the system

Watchdog seeks schools’ views on SIMS contract fix

The Competition and Markets Authority launches consultation into ESS contract proposal as part of probe