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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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Revealed: How Ofsted wants secondary heads to boost reading

Ofsted has produced a best practice report for improving outcomes for students who enter secondary school as 'poor readers'

Baroness Barran stays as education minister

The reappointment means Baroness Barran will serve under her fifth education secretary this year

Teacher pay: More than third of staff could quit

The government risks a 'mass exodus' of staff from the public sector over pay and conditions, the TUC warns

‘Urgent’ action needed to stop teachers quitting in ‘droves’, Keegan told

Writing to the new education secretary today, the biggest teaching union warns that there are 'many challenges' that 'threaten the quality of provision for our young people'

New DfE call for school mental health lead trainers

Would-be providers have until 7 November to apply for the first stage of the application process

New Northern Ireland education body aims to end ‘historical division’

Humanists are at forefront of Coalition for Inclusive Education, which seeks to abolish current system and overhaul approach to religious education

Warning over schools left to ‘pick up safeguarding pieces’

Expert flags 'erosion of support' as it emerged school social services referrals rose by 50% over the last eight years

Teaching watchdog raises child protection concerns with government

General Teaching Council for Scotland says its role protecting children from unfit teachers is ‘adversely’ affected by police failing to share information

Revealed: Soaring teacher vacancies impact on schools

Exclusive: Leaders warn that the recruitment situation is 'dire' after a ÌÇÐÄVlog investigation reveals that teacher vacancies are up by as much as 67 per cent in some subjects

Bigger MATs won’t guarantee stability, warns ex-schools chief

Exclusive: Sir David Carter warns MATs should not see growth as a way of becoming more financially and structurally secure, but should instead ensure staff costs are no higher than 80%

Coutinho appointed junior minister at the DfE

Latest appointment means all four MP roles in the department have changed hands since Sunak replaced Truss

GCSE 2021 teacher grades were seen as less reliable

Only half of people thought GCSE and A-level grades awarded by teachers, after the cancellation of exams, were free from bias, research shows

Don’t ‘pigeonhole’ vocational education, Gibb warned

How the schools sector reacted to the news that Nick Gibb and Robert Halfon are the latest ministers at the DfE

Exclusive: DfE looks at increasing catch-up cash

Minister says officials will 'consider' proposals to award extra cash for the National Tutoring Programme and refocus the scheme on disadvantaged pupils

‘We can’t face another round of cuts,’ new DfE ministers told

Schools sector leaders urge Keegan, Gibb and Halfon to ensure schools are spared from cuts in Treasury announcement next month

Banning some hairstyles could be unlawful, schools warned

Equalities watchdog says 'unfairly singling out' pupils based on their hairstyle has 'serious and long-lasting consequences'

Almost 3 in 5 schools consider teaching job cuts

The majority of heads responding to an ASCL survey said they would have to make financial savings this year and next year

Gibb and Halfon appointed as DfE ministers

Former longstanding schools minister and the chair of the Commons Education Select Committee appointed to government roles

Flagship early years policy could ‘collapse’, nurseries warn

Councils say ‘the quality and flexibility’ of early years provision is being hit by a £24 million cut in Scottish government funding

Heads’ catch-up tutoring workload ‘immense’, finds DfE

Nine in 10 school leaders say that managing the National Tutoring Programme increased their workload last year, with some blaming 'rubbish' guidance

Call for new law on restraint and seclusion in schools

Charity backs mother's campaign for new legislation on the use of restraint and seclusion, warning that children are still not being given enough protection

Spielman: ‘Most schools don’t know if catch-up tuition is working’

A new review of tutoring in schools has been released by Ofsted today

Teacher sabbaticals, a ‘creative’ curriculum: Blunkett’s education plan for Labour

ÌÇÐÄVlog speaks to former education secretary Lord Blunkett about the report he has produced for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to help guide the party's schools policies if it comes to power

The 6 big education issues in Gillian Keegan’s in-tray

Ms Keegan has become the fifth education secretary so far this year. Here are the challenges she faces