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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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Hancock: ‘Striking’ lack of neurodiversity training in ITT

Former health secretary Matt Hancock also tells ÌÇÐÄVlog that 'there clearly needs to be more support' for mental health in schools

‘Unclear’ how Covid recovery millions have been spent

A Holyrood inquiry wants more information from the Scottish government on ‘outcomes achieved’ as a result of the support provided for children and young people

ÌÇÐÄVlog’ 10 questions with... Billy Burke

The secondary head talks about why his focus is on people and positive relationships – and why talking things through is much better than shouting

Zahawi ‘ready to ask for more’ catch-up cash

The education secretary today faced public questions about catch-up, schools' soaring energy bills and more – here's all you need to know

New $250K global school prize aims to increase ‘kindness’

Exclusive: Applications for a new international competition – set up to celebrate schools in the wake of Covid – close on 1 March

GCSE Plan B tests are up to heads, says Ofqual

School leaders should use their own judgement over carrying on with tests in case exams are cancelled and TAGs are used again, says Ofqual chief

Teachers walk out over pensions in ‘historic’ strike

NEU teaching union members at 23 private schools join picket lines to protest against plans to withdraw from the Teachers' Pension Scheme

Energy bills force schools into staff cuts ‘gamble’

As school leaders warn that soaring energy bills could result in job losses, the education secretary does not commit to providing extra funding

Date set for removal of masks in Scottish classrooms

Masks will no longer be required in secondary classrooms from March – but they will still be worn in indoor communal areas

GCSEs: ‘Decade of failure’ on closing attainment gap

Education Policy Institute report shows the gap between poorer pupils’ GCSE grades and those of their peers has stalled since 2011

Funding boost ‘needed for persistently disadvantaged’

Government should create a new pupil premium category for children trapped in long-term poverty, says report

Call for GCSE league table probe after Covid disruption

Exclusive: Academy sector leader's warning comes after the DfE admits that performance tables will measure schools that have faced uneven Covid impact

5 key changes for attainment challenge to work

Give more power to heads and get better at identifying what works, expert witnesses say

Scrapping self-isolation ‘won’t stop school disruption’

Heads' leader warns that government rule change won't prevent large numbers of staff and pupils being unwell enough with Covid to miss school

Zahawi ‘strongly’ urges heads to use NTP

Education secretary writes to headteachers as a senior MP suggested the government should break its contract with Randstad

‘Seriously consider’ ending Randstad NTP contract, DfE urged

Education select committee chair says that £5 billion spent on education catch-up is 'not reaching the most vulnerable'

Call for more powerful MAT regulator

Ex-DfE adviser says new watchdog should have the power to merge or close multi-academy trusts over education failure

ITT applications plummet 24%

Expert warns government must take urgent action as new teacher training figures show recruitment is lower than pre-pandemic levels

Unions urge Zahawi to halt ‘forced’ academisation

Heads' leader says the plan to move Catholic Diocese schools into MATs appears to be 'an abuse of process'

Covid absence falls overall - but rises for secondary staff

The number of secondary teachers off for Covid reasons increases by 30 per cent – despite an overall drop in school absence, new DfE figures show

Did Gibb have too much power, asks ex-DfE boss

Former DfE permanent secretary also says that academisation has meant decision-making is too centralised

Successful schools ‘don’t tolerate’ persistent absence

Seven ways that schools can promote attendance in any setting, according to Ofsted

Anxiety fuelling school absence, heads tell Ofsted

New Ofsted research reveals the reasons that headteachers cited for lower-than-normal school attendance last term

£1.3m boost for computing in Scottish schools

Secondaries will be able to bid for grants of up to £3,000 for equipment or teaching resources in a government scheme to refresh the subject