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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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Ofsted: Fears over the end of Covid tests for inspectors
Union issues warning about the end of the requirement for inspectors to routinely take Covid tests before visiting schools
Heads fear Covid-free students could miss exams
Headteachers' leaders warn that a lack of Covid testing could disrupt exams, as new guidance is published
Football star’s TV plea for a more diverse curriculum
Birmingham City captain Troy Deeney started a campaign in February to make the teaching of the history and experiences of black, Asian and ethnic minority communities mandatory in schools
Exam grading ‘must allow for disruption faced by students’
The disruption to their education that exam students have suffered is not being properly taken into account by the Scottish Qualifications Authority, warn parents
Teachers warned over ‘snake oil’ school improvement products
Teachers need 'research literacy' to assess whether products and innovations are right for their school, experts say
Cyber attack warning to schools over Russian invasion
The DfE warns that schools should reconsider their cyber security if using Russian-based antivirus software or IT applications
Exclusive: Private schools could be forced to raise fees
Private schools are being hit by a range of financial pressures, on top of extra Covid costs, including rising energy and catering bills
Latin teachers could use Taylor Swift lyrics to ‘engage’ students
In a new book, a Cambridge specialist has argued that teachers of the classical language need to rethink their techniques
Revealed: how school funding squeeze is hitting classroom resources
Exclusive: Concern as data shows school budgets for teaching aids and equipment are stuck below 2015-16 levels
What is the impact of Scottish teacher pay deal on salaries?
Headteachers at the top of the salary scale will now earn almost £100,000 – but deal is ‘a slap in the face’, according to secondary leaders’ body
Secondary school teacher vacancies at a five-year high
Exclusive: New data shows highest level of classroom teacher vacancies in secondary schools in recent years
Exclusive: Headteacher vacancies nearly a fifth higher than pre-Covid
Data shows increase in school leader vacancies as unions warn that a lack of government action in tackling Covid will lead to an exodus
DfE no longer monitoring Covid-related pupil absence
Decision contradicts government plans to scrutinise school absence, say leaders
GCSEs 2022: Crisis fears over invigilator shortage
Warning of raised malpractice risk as some schools consider hiring supply staff to invigilate exams this summer
ÌÇÐÄVlog’ 10 questions with... Bruce Robertson
Secondary head Bruce Robertson shares insights from his career, including the importance of teachers and leaders understanding how learning happens
Call for more teachers specialising in visual impairment
Almost 5,000 Scottish pupils have a visual impairment but just 36 teachers report specialising in this area
Covid: Doubling in absence due to partial school closures
Overall attendance falls again, despite a drop in absence officially classed as 'Covid-related'
Scrapping Covid testing ‘reckless in the extreme’
Heads' union leaders call on the education secretary to reinstate free Covid testing in schools amid high pupil and staff absence
DfE faces questions over catch-up contract funding
Shadow schools minister Stephen Morgan asks why National Tutoring Programme operator Randstad was given £7m of extra cash last year
Covid: Ofsted highlights supply teacher and catch-up tutor shortage
Watchdog report sets out the Covid challenges it has found schools are coping with during latest inspections
SQA accused of hiring ‘army of spin doctors’
Scotland’s exam body has a 43-strong communications department, prompting Labour to accuse it of wasting crucial education funding
Covid: Catch-up tutors covering classes as supply costs triple
Concerns over a 'never-ending conveyor belt' of Covid disruption as teachers test positive for the second time
Energy and supply costs biggest worries for heads
Almost half of heads are anxious about rising energy costs, a survey has revealed
Schools White Paper: 5 key claims fact-checked
ÌÇÐÄVlog unpicks some of the big claims made by the government in its long-awaited Schools White Paper – and finds some interesting and creative use of data