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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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Covid: Nearly 1 in 4 pupils persistently absent in autumn term
DfE data shows illnesses, including Covid, pushed number of persistently absent pupils to 1.6 million
SLDT given £121m Institute of Teaching go-ahead
Announcement part of 'determination' to make England 'best place in the world to be a teacher', schools minister writes on ÌÇÐÄVlog today
‘Lack of clarity’ over schools being forced to join MATs
Government sets out how it plans to ensure all schools join multi-academy trusts by 2030 – but 'what happens if schools do not play ball', union leader asks
Fifty officials invited to DfE Covid Christmas drinks
The details have been revealed in a new report penned by civil servant Sue Gray, out today
DfE must act ‘urgently’ on ‘ghost’ pupils after Covid
Commons Education Select Committee calls on government to tackle 'elephant in the room' after data shows 124,000 pupils have still not returned to the classroom
More than 2 in 3 art teachers ‘considering leaving’ profession
Art and design teachers are unhappy with workload and lack of subject-specific training, finds survey
Schools ‘face major costs increase’ under grievance change, warns union boss
Ministers plan to alter employment law to allow staff to be represented by organisations other than unions in disputes
DfE SEND review ‘about saving money’, MPs told
IPSEA chief executive Ali Fiddy warns that government SEND plans could end up diluting the rights of families and pupils
Pupils ‘miss out’ on school trips as transport costs soar
Exclusive: As fuel prices hit record levels, some schools are finding transport costs 'unviable'
Zahawi: Scottish education in ‘freefall’ and has ‘no plan’
Westminster education secretary happy to share education 'best practice' with Scottish government, he tells MPs
DfE hiring more attendance advisers to ‘challenge’ schools
£500-a-day adviser scheme to be expanded, despite half of multi-academy trusts rejecting the help offered
Give weaker students best teachers to raise grades, schools told
Highly-rated teachers can have most impact on grades of lower-achieving students, finds research
7 Ofsted findings on the English curriculum
Watchdog reveals its latest subject research review, focused on English literature and language teaching
Scrap Ofsted grades to remove ‘heat’ from inspections, says heads’ leader
Ofsted focus should shift from individual schools to multi-academy trusts, says ASCL boss
ASN pupils face ‘unacceptable’ variations in support
NASUWT highlights a ‘failure to provide an adequately resourced and equitable system’ to children with additional needs in Scotland
Ambition and DfE settle over Institute of Teaching bid
DfE was previously accused of 'manifest errors' in the way it assessed bids for the £121m contract
Social care review: ‘Teachers should foster vulnerable pupils’
Children's social care independent review sets out recommendations for roles schools can play in 'care-experienced' pupils' lives
NASUWT: Support Scottish teachers facing ‘unique challenges’
Teachers should receive professional support to help them with 'increasingly complex and stressful demands', union says
Zahawi: DfE considers help for schools with ‘acute’ cost rises
It's 'reassuring' that the government is looking at 'glaringly obvious' energy costs' impact on schools but 'cast-iron guaranteed funding' is needed, say headteachers' leaders
EIS union elects first female general secretary in 175 years
Andrea Bradley was elected today to lead Scotland's largest teaching union
School uniform consultation: what you need to know
Scotland is to introduce statutory guidance on school uniform to bring down the cost and address 'equalities issues'
GCSEs 2022: Year 11 absence double pre-pandemic rate
Over half of disadvantaged students sitting GCSEs this year missed at least 10 per cent of school sessions, compared to less than a third in 2018-19
Exams 2022: Failed collections mean ‘thousands’ of exam papers could be lost
Exclusive: Issues with timed collections mean many exam officers are being forced to leave completed papers at the post office
Dame Peacock: DfE Covid ‘U-turns’ let teachers down
Exclusive: Chartered College chief plans to tell the UK Covid Public Inquiry how the government left headteachers to cope in 'isolation' and put vulnerable teachers 'at risk' during the pandemic