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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