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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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Less than a fifth of deputes ‘keen’ to become a headteacher

Survey of 1,300 Scottish primary school leaders finds just 18% of deputes want to pursue headship

Ofsted: 46% of new ITT inspection judgements less than ‘good’

Exclusive: Latest inspection reports show an improving picture but teacher training leader warns facing Ofsted and government reaccreditation at the same time was 'a nightmare'

Randstad to make fresh catch-up bid if in schools’ ‘best interests’

Exclusive: Randstad's National Tutoring Programme director Karen Guthrie speaks to ÌÇÐÄVlog on the firm's much-slated handling of the government's flagship education recovery effort

Exclusive: Concern over 8-month SEND area inspection gap

Ofsted said new SEND area inspections will not be implemented until 2023 but cannot give exact date as current cycle ends

DfE could face legal action over Institute of Teaching contract

Exclusive: Ambition Institute led consortium is understood to be considering legal action after DfE named rival School Led Development Trust as preferred bidder

GCSEs 2022: Schools ‘desperate’ over exam invigilator shortage

Schools are training staff to oversee next month's exams amid continued invigilator shortages due to Covid fears, but a headteachers' leader has warned against the move

Exclusive: Grammars in selective-school MAT bid

Selective schools are mulling the formation of grammar-only MATs amid fears that joining with non-selective schools will water down admissions policies

Scrapped early-career payment scheme boosted teacher retention

New report shows positive impact of ditched DfE scheme as schools continue to face shortages of maths and science teachers

GCSEs 2021: Teacher grades saw rise in appeals

Ofqual data shows the most common reason for appealing GCSE results last year was on grade judgement or evidence used

DfE raises new teacher targets to tackle expected leaver ‘rebound’

Government says more than 32,000 trainees will be needed next academic year

DfE launches new £18m catch-up tutoring bid

Government unveils three new NTP contracts after a shake-up of the scheme was announced last month

Most heads report Covid catch-up underfunding

New survey on behalf of the Sutton Trust shows more than two-thirds of primary headteachers believe catch-up funding has been insufficient

New ‘natural history’ GCSE unveiled

Zahawi says new qualification and support for teaching climate change underpin DfE sustainability strategy

Zahawi: GCSE league tables won’t be about ‘finger-pointing’

Education secretary faced MP questions following publication of the Schools White Paper. Here is everything you need to know

More payments for schools training NQTs during Covid

'One-off' sum of up to £1,500 per trainee extended

DfE hires £90k SEND advisers in bid to improve standards

The 13 government SEND advisers will work in areas where inspections have found concerns

9 in 10 teachers ‘want media literacy in national curriculum’

Children need to know more about fact checking and online safety, warns parliamentary group

Covid: Lack of attendance data ‘deeply troubling’

Warnings come as DfE releases first attendance data since telling schools to stop recording Covid-related absence

Academy trust financial reserves rise by almost a third

But financial position is unsustainable owing to Covid, warns academies group leader

Help schools tackle far-right extremism, government told

Action 'urgently needed' to support those schools and teachers being 'targeted and victimised', says union

‘Stop attacking teachers who put their lives on the line’, says union head

The government has been told to provide teachers with a real pay rise, a working time limit, and the end of fire and rehire, in a scathing speech today

Rising class sizes having ‘negative impact’ on behaviour

Most teachers (90 per cent) who responded to a NASUWT survey said an increase in class sizes was worsening behaviour in schools

6 in 10 teachers ‘would strike over pay freeze’

NASUWT survey reveals anger with government over pay

Teachers ‘popping pills’ to cope with workload

Survey shows 6 in 10 teachers report workload has 'increased significantly' over the past year