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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