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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 and A levels 2022: How will exams look next year?

Everything teachers need to know about Ofqual's plans for GCSEs and A levels next summer

Covid catch-up: PM told to ‘keep promise’ on education

Teachers' leader says upcoming funding announcement is a 'moment of truth' for the government

GCSEs and A levels 2022: Lowest grade levels since 2019

Teacher-assessed grades set to be used again if Covid leads to another year of exam cancellations

Covid: Students in areas hit hard will still sit exams

The approach to assessing students in Scotland next year will be a national one with no local variation, the SQA tells MSPs

Need to know: 6 ways Labour would reform education

From scrapping tax exemptions for private schools to reforming Ofsted – what education would look like under Labour

Leadership teams ‘should reflect pupil diversity’

Nearly 7 in 10 academy trust leaders say school leadership teams should reflect the communities they serve

Reception baseline assessments off to a rocky start

Baselines assessments for Reception pupils have been taking place en masse for the first time this term but the early indications are it’s not going well, with many issues raised by the process

Starmer pledges to hire thousands of extra teachers

Labour leader to promise 'the most ambitious school improvement plan ever', if party wins power

Private schools ‘would become redundant under Labour’

Shadow minister says improving the life chances of state school pupils would remove any need for independent schools

Covid: 75% of teachers oppose sibling attendance rule

Exclusive: Most teachers think children should stay home if they are a close contact of a Covid case

Head says ‘best’ schools raised bar for online learning

Leading independent school head says the lockdown response of the ‘best private and state schools’ helped secure better remote learning for all pupils

Third of school staff with Covid had ongoing symptoms

One in 10 secondary students with virus also suffered symptoms more than four weeks after infection, research suggests

Lack of school masks guidance this term ‘inexplicable’

Shadow education secretary Kate Green criticises DfE handing of Covid management in schools

Call to prioritise teachers for petrol

Fuel crisis will cause 'serious difficulties' in education, teachers' union leader has warned

What would you change about Scottish education?

National consultation on future of education to get under way this week

Warning to schools over fake Covid jab consent form

Form sent to headteachers is ‘not legitimate’, says NHS England vaccine boss

What schools can expect from Ofsted this term

When schools will be inspected, how leaders can show Covid impact, and how sexual harassment claims will be treated

‘Everyone worse off’ under Labour private schools plan

Stripping private schools of charitable status would increase burden on state school teachers, warn leaders

Plan for crumbling schools to be rebuilt under flats

City centre free schools with 'serious condition issues' would be rebuilt with 'smaller footprints' under DfE company's plan

Exclusive: Gibb adviser promoted in DfE shake-up

ÌÇÐÄVlog also understands former headteacher Mark Lehain is tipped to be new Department for Education special adviser

5 listening mistakes we are all guilty of

Active listening is a key part of problem-solving, says Ollie Ward – and getting it right means avoiding these mistakes

Zahawi: ‘We won’t let school attendance fall’

Around 1.5 per cent of all pupils were not in school for reasons connected to the coronavirus on 16 September

Use school catch-up data to assess recovery, DfE told

Former commissioner says government should gather schools' Covid catch-up activity data to measure national recovery progress

How do Higher pass rates differ by council?

New 2021 figures show all but one of Scotland's local authorities recording a Higher pass rate better than pre-Covid