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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