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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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Teacher training applications at a ‘50 year high’

Numbers applying to go into teaching at a major teacher training provider in the south of England are now at their highest ever level

Teachers taking second jobs to ‘put food on the table’

Concerns over teachers on 'zero-hour contracts' raised in an open letter to the education secretary

Ofsted: 9 barriers facing languages teaching

Low expectations and a lack of CPD are among the issues affecting the take-up of modern languages, says Ofsted

Keep Year 11s in school? They need to run free

Ofsted thinks GCSE students should remain in school – but Tabitha McIntosh says they desperately need a long summer

Covid: Call to ‘quickly’ vaccinate secondary students

As schools reopen today, former government adviser also urges ministers to rethink policy on removing masks

At-risk children may have been unlawfully held - report

Children’s commissioner Bruce Adamson found that young people were detained for up to 572 days

Free meals expansion for primary pupils is confirmed

All pupils in primary schools to be eligible for free school meals by August 2022

Second lockdown ‘set learning loss back to the autumn’

Poorer pupils lost between one- and two-thirds of last decade's progress in closing disadvantage gap, report finds

New Covid catch-up cash in autumn ‘could be too late’

Education recovery funding could come too late if announced in the autumn, warns the Institute for Fiscal Studies

Covid data shows schools in ‘precarious situation’

New data released by Public Health England reveals infections are highest in those aged 10 to 19 years old

So, Ofsted, you want us to bring Year 11s back in?

The Ofsted chief has called on schools not to send GCSE students home – though it's not clear why, says Stephen Petty

Pupil premium ‘cut’ shows lack of ‘empathy’, says head

WATCH: One primary head tells ÌÇÐÄVlog that 'special extras' such as school trips will be jeopardised by DfE 'stealth cut'

Edtech innovations are happening in ‘remote’ spaces

Some parts of the media may not be aware of the cutting-edge work being done on some of our Scottish islands – maybe they should be a bit more open-minded, writes Henry Hepburn

How will this year’s appeals process work in Scotland?

Teachers fear the 2021 appeals process will see them working this summer – we look at the details

Nicola Sturgeon: I have full confidence in the SQA

First minister grilled in the Scottish Parliament over concerns about 2021 SQA appeals process

Extended school day ‘still under review’ for catch-up

The government is still reviewing recommendations to extend the school day, according to Home Office minister

Sir Kevan Collins’ decision to quit ‘is a real blow’

Heads say catch-up tsar resignation is 'not a surprise' as the government recovery package 'falls a long way short'

Exclusive: Sir Kevan Collins resigns over catch-up plan

Catch-up tsar quits as £1.4bn catch-up plan falls far short of the £15bn he says is needed to close Covid learning gap

SQA appeals 2021: Grades could go down as well as up

Long-overdue details on 2021 SQA appeals have been revealed by education secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville

School exam data used to spot ‘unexpected’ grades

Schools' historical exam data will be used to challenge ‘anomalous’ results this year in 'most' Scottish council areas

Ofqual adds lost learning data expert to advisory board

Assessment data expert Daisy Christodoulou has been highlighting the impact of Covid school closures on attainment

The £1.4bn Covid catch-up plan: all you need to know

The latest news on the government's education recovery plan – tutoring, teacher training, but no extended school day yet

Williamson: Extended school day ‘still on the agenda’

Education secretary also hints at plan to clamp down on schools that don't open for a full day, as first revealed by ÌÇÐÄVlog

Catch-up tutoring to be led by private outsourcing firm

DfE confirms that Dutch multinational Randstad will be the supplier of the National Tutoring Programme from September, with support from Teach First