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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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Heads hit back at ‘surreal’ DfE plan to get more cash
Education secretary reportedly believes schools 'stretching resources to the limit' would help to attract more funding
OECD: Cut class contact to realise curriculum goals
Teachers spend too much time in class and need more time to plan and share curriculum ideas, says OECD
OECD report: How should Scotland change its exams?
The OECD review criticises Scotland’s focus on 'traditional exams' – and outlines recommendations for change
More cash to help teachers with training hit by Covid
State schools to receive up to £1,500 per newly qualified teacher to compensate for disruption to their training during the pandemic
OECD: Replace standardised tests with sample survey
OECD questions if testing every child’s literacy and numeracy in P1, P4, P7 and S3 is worth it
GCSEs 2021: Poor students think grades will not be fair
Two in five high-achieving disadvantaged A-level and GCSE students are not confident their grades this summer will reflect their ability
SQA to be replaced, education secretary reveals
And Education Scotland will no longer run inspections, with an independent body taking over that role
OECD review paves way for qualifications overhaul
Report finds ‘misalignment between Curriculum for Excellence’s aspirations and the qualification system’
1/3 of teachers say staff diversity reflects pupils’
Survey reveals less than half of school staff think their workplace is diverse
Funding of £215m to close attainment gap is announced
Reducing the attainment gap remains ‘central’ to government’s work, says education secretary
Covid: Schools told to plan for more remote learning
Department for Education also asks schools to draw up plans to bring back virus testing sites and reintroduce face masks
Exclusive: Ex-academy chief Jo Saxton to lead Ofqual
New Ofqual chief has been working as a policy adviser to Gavin Williamson since leaving her post as CEO of Turner Schools MAT
Exclusive: New GCSE 2021 grades website problems
Data on WJEC site 'not displaying correctly' on deadline day for entering GCSE and A-level grades. Yesterday, OCR's site crashed
GCSE grading: ‘Government should be utterly ashamed’
Exam grades didn’t need to come at the expense of teachers’ wellbeing – that was the government’s choice, says Kevin Courtney
New education committee line-up is revealed
Several new faces on what is now known as the Education, Children and Young People Committee
Call to halt school Covid tests amid ‘serious risks’
Scientists and academics call for daily Covid contact testing trials to be halted in schools amid concerns over Delta variant
Exclusive: 2021 GCSE grades not ‘fair’, say teachers
Two-thirds of A-level and GCSE grading teachers say national process won't give all students the results they deserve
Revealed: Huge differences in GCSE grading approaches
Teachers' leaders criticise 'burdensome' system as ÌÇÐÄVlog poll reveals wide range of methods to grade GCSEs and A levels
What Ofsted thinks good geography teaching looks like
Inspectorate review warns about ‘relatively poor state of geography education in primary schools’
GCSEs 2021: Schools can’t submit grades as site crashes
Major exam board says problems with portal for teacher-assessed grades may take the rest of the day to fix
‘No evidence’ of school data used to change grades
Teacher judgements are not being changed ‘on the insistence of schools’, says education secretary
Teacher ‘brain drain’ falls for first time since 2012
Fewer teachers have left the profession last year to change career or move into other education systems
What did OECD say when it last scrutinised Scotland?
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's long-awaited report on Curriculum for Excellent is imminent
Leaked exam papers used to ‘determine’ Higher results
Exam papers shared widely on social media are ‘main source of evidence’ for some subjects, finds SQA