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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: which is the fairest grading option?

A decision about how exam grading will be ‘pegged’ is yet to be made. Geoff Barton looks at the options

Law to make academies give careers advice backed by MPs

Conservative MP brings bill to ensure that careers advice is offered to all students throughout secondary school

More than 38,000 pupils off school because of Covid

The latest official figures for Scotland also show almost one in five S4 pupils not in school on Tuesday

Two teachers in England on $1m global prize shortlist

Champion of student-led projects from Kent and Liverpool-based teacher of the visually impaired both up for major award

Wellbeing data ‘needed to shift focus away from exams’

'Robust' data is required if schools in Scotland are to be judged on more than just exam results, says auditor general

Ofsted admits it failed to flag up off-rolling

Schools have issued press releases stating that off-rolling was not found because Ofsted did not use that term – despite finding the practice

Supply teachers lose out from catch-up ‘on the cheap’

Government’s flagship tutoring scheme risks ‘further entrenching downward pressure on rates of pay’, NASUWT warns

Covid: Schools’ legal position on non-attendance

A lawyer outlines the legal situation for schools if a parent refuses to send their child in citing Covid safety concerns

Union threatens industrial action over teacher pay

Failure to make ‘substantially improved' pay offer before 30 September will lead to ‘declaration of dispute’, warns union

Orkney teacher is first winner of equality award

Teacher rewarded after years of ‘shedding light on the destructive impact of discrimination’

Exclusive: No plan to replace catch-up tsar, admits DfE

Heads and teachers fear the decision shows that education catch-up is in danger of being 'relegated' by the government

Ofsted must hold MAT chiefs to account, say MPs

MP and former teacher launches bill to give Ofsted the power to inspect multi-academy trust boards

What did the OECD say about Scottish education today?

OECD experts today faced questions about their recent review of Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence

Williamson said to be at risk if reshuffle goes ahead

Reports suggest shake-up of Boris Johnson's top team could take place as soon as tomorrow

One in five schools forced to make ‘significant cuts’

Heads have had to cut funding for teaching assistants, special needs and school trips to stay out of the red, survey finds

GCSEs 2022: ‘Use 2019 grades or get baked-in inflation’

Headteachers’ union says it will be ‘difficult to justify’ keeping distribution of grades from past two years if exams return

Most secondary teachers want to keep masks in corridors

But face coverings in autumn term are less popular with younger staff and primary teachers, survey shows

Heads and teachers less confident on new Covid rules

Teaching staff across the board are less certain of their understanding of government guidelines than they were last year, survey shows

A levels 2021: ‘Few requests’ for legal help on appeals

Exclusive: 'Unsurprising' that a huge rise in appeals has not emerged given top grades awarded in 2021, say solicitors

Standardised tests defended despite OECD criticism

Urgent question lodged in Parliament after government's apparent dismissal of OECD concerns over standardised testing

SEND changes in Wales: What do you need to know?

Amid major changes to SEND guidance in Wales, an Alnco with experience of managing similar changes in England shares her insight

Ofqual: 2022 grading plans to be revealed next month

Decision announced on grading in October, while adaptations to exams will be published in next two weeks, says exams regulator

Teachers ‘lack resources to tackle dangerous extremism’

Schools need government support to help combat racism, misogyny and homophobia, say headteachers

Put CO2 monitors in rooms that smell bad, schools told

EXCLUSIVE: New guidance on C02 monitors says schools should target areas that 'smell unpleasant' – but not sports halls