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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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Huge drop in school at-risk referrals during Covid

Figures prompt warning about vulnerable pupils 'dropping off the radar' during the pandemic

Behaviour tsar hits out at bid to ban isolation rooms

Banning isolation rooms in schools would make classrooms unsafe, warns DfE adviser

Sturgeon rejects facial recognition tech in schools

First minister says the use of facial recognition technologies is not ‘proportionate or necessary’ in schools

Teacher pay offer dismissed as ‘wholly unacceptable’

Union criticises teacher salary offer that is causing 'growing anger in schools' and would represent a real-terms pay cut

WATCH: Nobel winner’s COP26 message for old schools

Everyone can have an impact on climate change, Nobel winner David MacMillan tells pupils in his home country of Scotland

New education director for Scotland’s biggest council

Long-serving Glasgow education director Maureen McKenna will retire at the end of the year

Need to know: What the Budget means for schools

From Covid recovery to pay rises – everything teachers and leaders need to know about today's school spending plans

We won’t scrap exams, says Somerville

The Scottish government supports qualifications reform – but externally assessed exams will remain, says minister

‘Sunak’s cheap catch-up will cause damage for years’

Teachers and heads say £1.8 billion in new funding is catch-up 'on the cheap' and 'nowhere near' enough

Budget: Covid catch-up fund boosted by £1.8bn

But recovery funds fall far short of the £15bn that the government's former catch-up tsar said was needed

Covid: Up to 1 in 3 pupils infected in virus hot spots

New School Infection Survey data shows how many pupils are likely to have had Covid in some areas since November 2020

No action taken by SQA over sharing of exams online

The exam body told schools to investigate incidents and take action – but collected no data on candidate malpractice in 2021

Male teachers ‘twice as likely to want headship’

Women teachers are less likely to see themselves as a head but more likely to aim for pastoral lead roles, a poll shows

Study calls for more tutoring to close attainment gap

Children living in poverty need support now more than ever as Covid has widened inequalities, finds report

More than half of 12-15s in Scotland get first jab

First minister Nicola Sturgeon reveals the latest figures in her first Covid update since Parliament's October break

New SQA guidance on producing teacher estimates

Last year rules on evidence that could be used to support teacher grades was blamed for over-assessment of students

We will be ‘forced to close schools’, warn unions

Strike action affecting schools is planned for one week in November, during the COP26 climate summit

‘Grave concerns’ over funds to lift teacher pay freeze

Chancellor set to lift public sector pay freeze – but schools must not be left to 'foot the bill', says heads' union leader

SEND: Government to pledge 30,000 new school places

Chancellor expected to announce £2.6bn special needs boost but says government has 'maxed out' on Covid catch-up funds

‘Darker’ events in Scottish history ignored by schools

Almost two-thirds of Scottish secondaries surveyed did not teach about the British Empire during compulsory schooling

Call to halt Ofsted inspections for heads’ wellbeing

Pressure of 'toxic' graded inspections during the pandemic is driving school leaders from profession, the education secretary has been told

Why our memory-based exams system is redundant in 2021

Moving away from the outmoded exam system would help schools genuinely prepare students for the future, says Claire Cowie

School gate ban for ‘idiot’ anti-vaxxers ‘an option’

School leaders' union welcomes call for exclusion zones outside schools to prevent anti-vaxxers harassing staff and pupils

5 ways to increase participation in quiet classrooms

Many classes seem quieter than normal since the Covid pandemic began, but Jamie Thom has tips on how to help pupils open up