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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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GCSEs 2022: ‘Grave’ fears over exam plan ‘fairness’
Heads’ and teachers’ leaders and exam experts warn over fairness fears as boards prepare to release advance exam information today
By the numbers: languages uptake in Scotland
This week is Languages Week Scotland, so how successful has the drive to make languages 'an entitlement' from P1 to S3 been?
‘Rape culture’ teacher advice hotline launched
Government-backed advice service set up to help school staff who 'lack confidence' in tackling a rise in sex abuse among pupils
Covid impact on education ‘a national disaster’
MPs warn that teachers fear some pupils have become 'feral' and are suffering 'extreme separation anxiety' as a result of lockdowns
Westminster has ‘no remit’ for UK-wide online academy
UK government accused of ignoring the fact that the devolved nations have their own education systems – and digital learning platforms
Major academy chain probes staff payments
E-ACT multi-academy trust has flagged up concerns over both staff payments and a contract
Teachers at 23 private schools to strike next week
1,500 NEU teacher-members at schools in the Girls' Day School Trust are expected to take part in the strike over pensions
DfE-funded maths centre ‘unfairly promotes’ CBeebies show
But national agency says it only featured Numberblocks on its site to 'help teachers and parents' support maths learning
Behaviour: DfE rows back on mobile phone crackdown
The government is calling on heads to 'mitigate' the risks of students bringing phones into schools in revised behaviour guidance published today
Levelling up: What schools need to know
This week the government has set out its plans for 'levelling up' the country. Here is a breakdown of its plans for education
Need to know: Wales’ plans for extending school day
Welsh schools may add an hour to the school day, with changes to the long summer break also mooted
Want to improve class ventilation? Chop doors down to size
Idea proposed by Scottish education secretary as she lays out plans to improve airflow in schools
Primaries can work together on curriculum, says Ofsted
Inspectorate says it does not expect subject leads in primary schools to be experts across multiple areas
What is the future for Northern Ireland’s small schools?
There are too many small schools in the country, according to a government five-year plan for the primary and post-primary sectors
Levelling up: New UK-wide online academy planned
The government wants to set up a new online academy offering lessons across the UK as part of its efforts to level up education, ÌÇÐÄVlog understands
Warning over heads’ ‘spiralling mental health crisis’
School leaders will tell MPs they have been 'scapegoated' for government failures during the Covid pandemic
GCSEs should not be fixed at age 16, says report
A review by the Independent Assessment Commission (IAC) found the GCSE system 'should be overhauled'
DfE aims to extend its teaching ban powers
New plans would allow the Teaching Regulation Agency to ban former teachers and those out of work
Heads ‘treated abysmally’ during Covid crisis
EXCLUSIVE: Support service finds leaders feel bullied, let down and isolated as they steered schools through the pandemic
SQA exams 2022: Scottish students to receive more support
Grading will be ‘more generous’ and, in some subjects, students will be told what to expect in exams
Scotland ‘close’ to removing masks in class
Rules on face coverings in secondary school classrooms – introduced in November 2020 – could soon be lifted
ÌÇÐÄVlog’ 10 questions with... Bridget Phillipson
The shadow education secretary talks about 'aspirational' teachers, her inspirational grandad and the challenges for schools during the pandemic
‘Levelling up’: More schools to be moved into MATs
Ministers also promise to 'eradicate illiteracy and innumeracy by 2030' – but heads call the plan 'insulting' and 'infuriating'
Scottish teacher pay offer roundly rejected
Long-running negotiations over teacher pay still look some distance from being resolved