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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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A levels 2022: AQA staff to strike on results day

The country's biggest exam board disputes Unison claim that strike action could cause issues for teenagers trying to contact it on A-level results day

Exclusive: School leaders frustrated by ‘delay’ to key handbook

Updated government guidance covering academy trust responsibilities still has not been published, just weeks before term starts

GCSEs must ‘maintain their value’, says Quince

The government says very few schools will get better results than in 2021, when grades were awarded by teacher assessment after the cancellation of exams

This year’s qualifications ‘will be valued’, vows Somerville

Courses and assessment were modified this year – but students can have confidence in their SQA results, says Scotland's education secretary

Education unions gain 46,000 members since pandemic

With industrial action looming large after the teacher pay award, how strong is education union membership? Matilda Martin analyses the latest figures

NEU sets September date for first teacher strike ballot

The union is the first to set dates for balloting members as fallout from the teacher pay deal rumbles on

2022 exams not ‘fair’, say nearly half of teachers

More than one-fifth of A-level students missed at least four weeks of school in 2021-22, warns Sutton Trust research

‘Depression rising among Welsh secondary starters’

Survey of 120,000 secondary students suggests that anxiety about moving up to secondary school was heightened by Covid

Review PE guidance after Lionesses win, says heads’ union

Government accused of failing to ensure girls have equal access to football in PE lessons

Revealed: Councils bidding for DfE MAT trial

At least eight local authorities have expressed interest in the government pilot to develop council-run MATs

Government to ‘miss school spending pledge’ as costs soar

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak said the government would restore per-pupil funding to 2010 levels in real terms, but experts say this is no longer on track

Teacher vacancy levels ‘unprecedented’ this late on in year

Exclusive: Research shows 'more problems than anticipated' with teacher recruitment for September

Lack of data ‘makes it harder to undo Covid damage’

The full impact of Covid on Scottish schools is unclear – so baseline measures urgently need to be established, MSPs warn

Revealed: The urgent repairs that schools had to fight for

Repairs needed for 'life safety' are among 42 projects that the DfE refused to pay for until schools appealed

Interview: New EIS boss talks pay, gender and closing the gap

It is no coincidence that teachers are overworked and underpaid – and 80 per cent of them are women, says new EIS general secretary

7 ways the DfE’s SEND reforms could fail

SEND Green Paper consultation responses highlight concerns over reforms being cost led and failing to promote inclusion

Rural schools reject advances from ‘inexperienced’ MATs

Exclusive: 'Many' multi-academy trusts approaching rural heads lack relevant experience, says regional schools network

Pupils ‘must know who they can speak to about abuse’

NSPCC Scotland reacts to broadcaster Nicky Campbell's 'real courage' in publicly talking about abuse he suffered and witnessed at school

Drop in teacher trainees qualifying during Covid

The government says the rise in numbers not completing their final year of teacher training in 2020-21 was down to 'pandemic disruption'

GCSEs 2022: Exam board strike to go ahead tomorrow

Exam board AQA says it has 'robust' plans in place to ensure that the strike does not delay next month's GCSE and A-level results

Permanent exclusions at lowest level in 15 years

Fewer than 4,000 pupils were excluded in 2020-21, although there were Covid restrictions for part of the school year

GCSEs 2022: Ofqual to check exam-aid error impact on grades

The education secretary said exam errors are 'unacceptable' and risk causing unnecessary stress for pupils

A-level results day 2022: key dates and information

When is A-level results day and what happens if your students don't achieve the grades they wanted? We round up the key information below

GCSEs and A levels: Call for national online exams plan

Screen-based exams within the next five years are 'possible' – but only with national support, say teachers