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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