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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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Zahawi: New Oak to stop teachers ‘reinventing the wheel’
The education secretary is expected to confirm plans for the ‘transformation’ of Oak into a new UK-wide curriculum quango today
Keep school Covid tests free to avoid exam disruption, Zahawi told
Heads’ leader warns virus among staff is still leading to whole year group closures in the run-up to GCSEs and A levels
End ‘spaghetti junction’ catch-up funding, say MPs
The National Tutoring Programme contract with Randstad should be stopped if the scheme fails to meet its targets by spring, says committee
Eton plan for three selective sixth-form schools in North and Midlands
Private school partnership with major MAT aims to open free schools in Oldham, Middlesbrough and Dudley
Muir told exams are ‘necessary and beneficial’
But exams should be ‘lighter touch’, say respondents to the consultation that informed report on Scottish education reform
Schools ‘stand ready’ to take in children fleeing war in Ukraine
Heads' leader said challenge can be met rapidly after education secretary Nadhim Zahawi announced plans to place 100,000 children in UK schools
Top MATs set to run £121m Institute of Teaching
A group of big multi-academy trusts is the preferred bidder to run the government's new teacher training organisation, ÌÇÐÄVlog understands
DfE tries to tempt back ex-chemistry and computing teachers
Government extends support scheme in an attempt to persuade more former teachers back into the classroom to help with Covid catch-up
DfE seeks provider for £1m EYFS catch-up hubs
New hubs are part of the government's £180m early years Covid recovery effort, aimed at building a 'stronger, more expert workforce'
Schools ‘lack funding’ for careers guidance
All schools should have a professional careers adviser because the quality of careers guidance is too varied, says Sutton Trust report
Warning over lack of multi-sensory teachers
The government needs to create an education fund for children with both sight and hearing loss, says charity
Teachers ‘could face severe real-terms pay cuts’
The chancellor will need to impose real-terms pay cuts in the public sector or change borrowing or spending plans, warns the IFS
NTP risks ‘sucking teachers out of schools’
Liberal Democrat education spokeswoman Munira Wilson also said the programme ‘risks proving a disaster’ during a debate today
Exclusive: Oak to become new UK online academy quango
The government is to hand a new UK-wide online curriculum contract to the remote learning provider, ÌÇÐÄVlog understands
Muir report: key points on future of Scottish education
The long-awaited Muir report was published today, pointing the way to post-Covid education reform
Launch of Muir report on SQA reform branded ‘chaotic’
The publication of the Muir report on the future of the SQA and Education Scotland brought forward amid controversy over exam support materials
Ofsted can have ‘most impact’ on early years, says Spielman
The watchdog's chief inspector says its next 5-year plan will focus on early years
‘Rationalise’ school data systems to cut absence, says commissioner
Dame Rachel de Souza publishes her interim report investigating attendance data collection across the school system
GCSEs: ‘Value’ of DfE league tables under scrutiny
Assessment of performance data comes amid concern over reintroduction of school league tables
School attendance highest since last May
But union leader warns we are 'not out of the woods yet' when it comes to Covid-related absences
Teachers hit out at SQA study support published by mistake
Support materials were published accidentally by Scotland’s exam body last night – and many teachers say they add nothing
DfE ‘disconnected’ from reality, says former top official
Former DfE permanent secretary says Whitehall shows 'surprisingly little interest' in what those who use or deliver public services think
Revealed: DfE assessment of Covid policy risks to school staff
Documents outlining the possible impacts of Covid policy in schools released after legal victory for teaching union
15% of places on secondary teaching courses unfilled
Stem subjects are worst hit – a quarter of places on Scottish postgraduate courses for maths teachers went unfilled this year