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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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Exam appeals soar as SQA strike action looms
Scottish school support staff have called off their strike action this month – but strikes are still scheduled to go ahead at Scotland’s exam body, says union
Liz Truss: The schools ‘crisis’ the PM needs to tackle
What should be in the new administration's in-tray for education? ÌÇÐÄVlog speaks to school leaders, policy experts and teaching union bosses
More than half of teachers ‘have given clothes or food to pupils’
Teaching union survey also shows six in 10 teachers saw an increase in pupils coming to school hungry
DfE puts £66m into literacy and numeracy ‘accelerator’
Accelerator Fund cash revealed as DfE confirms a £137m grant for the Education Endowment Foundation
Teacher pay: ballot on ‘insulting’ offer could lead to strikes
Strike action could be on the cards depending on the result of the ballot by the EIS, Scotland's largest teaching union
National teaching institute unveils ‘school-led’ research director
Calum Davey is appointed to help 'build a bridge between evidence and education practice'
‘Nursery premium’ proposed to help primary school starters
The disadvantage-related attainment gap emerges before children even start school, so action is needed early in their lives, say Scottish Liberal Democrats
Nearly 1 in 5 councils in bid to form ‘local-authority MATs’
The DfE had invited councils to register interest in a 'test and learn' pilot to help develop LA-run MATs
Covid inquiry will look at school closure impact
The Covid Inquiry will look at the impact of school closures "at some point" during the process, a spokesperson has said today
Nick Gibb takes up academy role
The former schools minister today rejoined the board at David Ross Education Trust
DfE warned over ‘rushed’ Oak quango plans
Plan for Oak National Academy to become a national curriculum resources provider will mean 'Whitehall decides' what is learned in schools and will 'strip teachers of 'autonomy', the government has been warned
Pupil premium demanded for armed forces children in Scotland
English schools receive a funding boost for every child from an armed forces family, and now there are calls for Scotland to follow suit
Early years assessment predicts English and maths GCSE results, study finds
Researchers say the findings lay bare 'the unravelling tragedy' for the 100,000 pupils who leave school every year without basic skills
Views sought on disabled students’ transition to life after school
Survey will assess support available for disabled children and young people in Scotland as they move into adulthood
Fix attendance, mental health and regional gap as priority, de Souza warns DfE
Children's commissioner sets out her priorities for the incoming education ministerial team's 'in-tray' as she launches report on families
GCSEs: Ofqual set to fine exam board £1.2m over failures
Pearson is set to pay affected schools more than £300k in compensation
Call for more mental health training for teachers as pupil anxiety rises
Four out of five secondary school teachers see higher rates of anxiety and depression in students, survey finds
United Learning uses Oak brand to launch remote learning rival
'It is wrong for government to take over Oak resources,' says England's biggest MAT after pulling its content from online learning quango
DfE relaunches Oak with drastic subject cuts as United Learning quits
National academy to relaunch as government quango with major curriculum gaps including key stage 4 English, science and geography
Glasgow secondaries opening during strike ‘abhorrent’, says EIS
Support staff across Scotland are taking strike action next week, but the country's biggest local authority says secondary schools will remain open
Colder classes, staff cuts: why schools face a ‘catastrophic’ winter
Investigation: School leaders say they are 'crying out' for government help as they draw up plans to ration heating, cut staff and delay building work
‘We know how to make inclusion work - so let’s do it’
Children in Scotland chief executive wants cuts to specialist school staff reversed and pupil support assistants given the training they need to flourish
Teachers’ ‘unconscious bias’ skews marking, study finds
The University of Sussex findings are 'alarming', says heads' union
GCSEs: Modern foreign languages in ‘vicious circle’ of decline
Exclusive: 'League table accountability pressure' is leading to a drop in entries for 'harder' MFL subjects at GCSE, warns exam expert