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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