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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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Prioritise safeguarding checks over inspections, Ofsted urged
Exclusive: Former senior inspectors call for major overhaul of Ofsted regime for schools
Scottish school named one of the world’s best
Dunoon Grammar has won the inaugural World’s Best School Prize for community collaboration and now will share in the $250,000 prize money
Scottish secondary teachers to vote on strike action
Closing schools through strikes is 'the only way that Cosla and the Scottish government will be forced to negotiate' over teacher pay, warns SSTA president
NEU could hold strike action by end of January 2023
The teaching union announces strike ballot dates for teachers and support staff in pay dispute
GCSEs: How Progress 8 has impacted lower-attaining pupils
New research looks at whether the Progress 8 performance measure 'encouraged schools to work more equitably'
Welsh school leaders to be balloted on strike action
NAHT Cymru is proceeding with a formal strike ballot after an informal vote suggested that 64 per cent of respondents would be willing to strike over pay and funding
School leaders’ union to launch formal ballot on striking over pay
NAHT members will be asked if they support strike action and action short of a strike over pay and funding
Industrial action over teacher pay underway in Northern Ireland
The industrial action will be intensified unless the 'devastating impact' of pay erosion is addressed, warn unions
Most parents ‘would back’ teacher industrial action
Research shows public support for teachers taking industrial action over pay, as the NASUWT union prepares to ballot its members
NTP: School leaders ‘overwhelmed’ and 4 other findings
Fewer than half of pupils who received tutoring were eligible for pupil premium, finds National Foundation for Educational Research report
Incorrect Sats marks rise by a fifth
Exclusive: Increase is 'further evidence of a Sats system beset with problems this year', says union leader
‘No good news for schools’ - leaders react to chancellor’s U-turn
Many school leaders will be worried about what the chancellor's statement 'could mean' for education, warns union leader
Government group looking to ‘modify’ teaching entry requirements
‘More flexibility’ in the entry requirements for teaching courses is being considered so the Scottish government can meet its commitments to increase teacher numbers and cut class contact time
Teaching unions move closer to strike action as ballots announced
Major announcements on potential strike action have been made by both the NEU and NASUWT teacher unions
One in four MATs in the North East considering mergers
Schools North East survey shows almost three-quarters of trusts that responded plan to expand or merge
Ofsted: Teaching pupils to speak standard English is ‘social justice’
Ofsted criticised over training materials it gives to inspectors that refer to the need for schools to teach children to speak standard English
DfE £9m academy debt bill set to rise amid cost pressures
Exclusive: Government academy debt write-offs could go 'up and up and up' amid the funding crisis – but this would just 'paper over the cracks', warn sector leaders
Pressure on DfE as teacher training shake-up appeals mount
Universities and school-based providers raise alarm over appeals process
School loan rate hike could hit ‘vital’ repairs
Exclusive: Trusts raise alarm as Condition Improvement Fund loans could now cost them tens of thousands of pounds extra to repay
Covid: State pupils twice as likely to feel ‘behind’
Research shows government catch-up has been 'nowhere near enough', say union leaders
Exam boards investigate private schools over grade malpractice
Ofqual chief tells MPs that exam boards are investigating allegations of malpractice relating to teacher-assessed grades during the pandemic
Sixth-form teachers to vote on strike action over pay
The NEU will launch a strike ballot next week after its sixth-form teacher members showed overwhelming support for demanding an above-inflation pay rise
Ballot opens over teacher strike action in Scotland
'Wholly inadequate' pay offer has 'angered our members and forced this move towards strike action', says EIS union
School building space could be used for childcare, says commissioner
Children's commissioner Rachel de Souza suggests 'bringing early education into the wider school sector'