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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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Teacher work stress worsened during 2021 due to Covid

There has been a rise in the number of teachers, school leaders and support staff having symptoms like panic attacks and tearfulness

Watchdog calls for probe into academy trust surpluses

More than 1 in 5 academy trusts had reserves equivalent to 20 per cent or more of annual income in 2019-20, says report

Warning over risk to school teacher training provision

Call for the teacher training provider reaccreditation timetable to be 'pushed back'

TikTok videos a ‘kick in the teeth’ for teachers

Councils should publicly condemn the use of TikTok to target school staff, says Scottish headteachers' organisation

Ofsted rejects third of school Covid deferral requests

EXCLUSIVE: One in three requests from school leaders to defer inspections due to the pandemic has been turned down by Ofsted this term

Attainment is ‘wrong focus’ for schools after Covid

Schools’ hard work building relationships in lockdown is being squandered in misguided bid to ‘get children back to normal’, hear MSPs

Homeschooling on rise amid school Covid safety fears

Calls are being made for more safeguarding measures due to rising the number of children being home educated

We will achieve nothing by demonising children

Children's distress must be the focus more than their violent behaviour – and this will also help keep school staff safe, says David Cameron

Universities told to tutor disadvantaged school pupils

But heads say plan's wording over universities raising 'standards' is 'insulting'

School pension row ‘could trigger more teacher strikes’

Exclusive: If employer contribution were to rise again, it would be 'untenable' for independent schools, warns leader

Ofsted alarm at teacher trainers ‘selling’ one pedagogy

Promoting one view of teaching above all others risks 'misinforming trainees', Ofsted tells ITE providers

Scotland’s attainment gap programme faces overhaul

Leaked document includes plan to scrap ‘challenge schools’ scheme from next year and do away with 'challenge authorities'

5 ways to keep snow days in the home learning age 

There is still plenty of scope to enjoy the snow, regardless of how Covid has transformed online learning, says Gemma Clark

Under 1 in 3 pupils turn to teachers when worried

School leaders need to address loneliness, sleeplessness and stress among students, finds report

No compulsory redundancies at SQA, vows Somerville

The 'clarity and certainty' over jobs comes after a union ballot shows 84.4% back industrial action over SQA reform plans

‘Grave concerns’ over teacher mentoring

Lack of time for school mentoring puts Early Career Framework and teacher training placements at risk, providers warn

Anti-vax protesters ‘should go nowhere near teachers’

Education secretary says the police can and will take action if anti-vaxxers target schools

Teachers want relevant CPD - not motivational speakers

Teachers want to be supported to improve their classroom practice – not subjected to another motivational speaker, argues Stuart Farmer

Teachers to vote on strike at 23 schools over pensions

NEU members at the Girls' Day School Trust balloted on national walkout over withdrawal from the Teachers' Pension Scheme

Teachers’ duty to help ‘woke pupils fight for beliefs’

The Girls' School Association president will call for relationships and sex education training to be made compulsory for new teachers

Teachers should aim for ‘good enough’, not perfection

Teaching can be all-consuming so you need to judge the right balance, says Susan Ward

Plan for huge cut in headteachers sparks petition

Scottish council wants to introduce 'executive headteachers', which union warns will reduce number of heads from 84 to 14

Round-up: Ofsted, SEND review and teacher motivation

ÌÇÐÄVlog presents a round-up of the biggest education news stories and features from the past week

Somerville: No timeline yet for cutting contact time

Reducing teachers' weekly class-contact time by the promised 90 minutes will be 'challenging', says education secretary