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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