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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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Schools get £579m to employ their own catch-up tutors
New direct-to-schools fund will get more cash than National Tutoring Programme, but schools will be expected to contribute
Labour’s £14.7bn catch-up plan to boost pupil premium
Pupil premium funds for disadvantaged children should be doubled in Years 1, 7 and 11, Labour says
No ban for head who changed pupils’ SPaG test answers
Misconduct panel found a strong public interest in retaining ex-head in teaching, despite his 'dishonest' actions
Extended school day: Heads’ caution on extra 100 hours
Heads say the 'devil is in the detail' on extended school day and plans will 'fall at the first hurdle' without funding
New bid to secure SQA and Education Scotland reform
Lib Dems aim to ‘secure the will of Parliament’ to remodel the national qualifications and curriculum development bodies
Extended school day: Battle to save the plan heats up
Leaked report of recovery plan for 100 hours' extra schooling seen as 'last-ditch' attempt to force the Treasury's hand
Exclusive: Extended school day plan hit by lack of cash
Ministers’ hopes of securing billions from the Treasury to pay for more school hours as a key catch-up strategy are fading, ÌÇÐÄVlog has been told
Trio of Scottish colleges win at the ÌÇÐÄVlog FE Awards 2021
Three UHI colleges win the award for outstanding use of technology in delivering remote teaching and learning at this year's FE awards
GCSEs 2021: Call for teachers to get £500 payments
Teachers seek payments from government for the extra work they are doing on GCSE and A-level assessment
Assessment is unfair in 2021, say most teachers
'Insanity' of the SQA assessment system replacing exams has led to heads weeping with frustration, teaching union finds
Talk of more teachers ‘a bit rich when pay is frozen’
Government needs to match rhetoric with reality to get teachers behind its Covid catch-up plans, warn heads
Exclusive: Teachers ‘in dark’ over early career changes
Three-quarters of teachers do not feel 'well-informed' about new early career system launching in September, poll finds
GCSEs 2021: ‘Massive pressure’ on teachers over grades
Reports of stressed students show the 'swirling uncertainty' of government's late GCSE and A-level plans, warn heads
Indian variant schools data ‘not robust’, says PHE
Public Health England says it will not release data on spread of new variant in schools until 'data is robust and quality assured'
School apologises for giving reference to sex predator
Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry hears school apologise for exposing children to danger by giving teacher a good reference
Fears teacher training provider cull could hit supply
Universities warn some institutions may 'reconsider' teacher training offer if reforms are 'overly burdensome or disruptive'
Watchdog raps UK’s Pisa data reports over transparency
Statistics regulator rules Pisa reports "not sufficiently transparent about the limitations of the data and potential sources of bias"
Revealed: 10 areas hardest hit by Covid school absence
10 local authorities that had double the national average non-attendance rates, while 8 reported half the county-wide rate
Amanda Spielman stays as Ofsted chief for 2 more years
Chief inspector will continue at Ofsted until the end of 2023 to oversee bedding in of new inspections
Parents use survey to ‘bemoan’ SQA performance
Exam body’s own survey finds most parents are ill-informed about how qualifications will be awarded this year
Covid saw 60% of pupils miss school in the autumn term
Covid meant pupils missed an average one extra week of schooling between September and Christmas, compared to previous years
Lockdown laptops scheme ‘hugely successful’, claims DfE
DfE official also hints at future government efforts to boost digital access for disadvantaged pupils
Statement on 2021 appeals process expected next week
New education secretary says she plans to make a statement to Parliament next week on this summer's appeals process
Sturgeon’s education priorities for the first 100 days
The much-anticipated OECD report on Scottish education will be published in government’s first 100 days, says first minister