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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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ÌÇÐÄVlog Independent School Awards 2021: Sports award winner
'There is a wonderful sense of enjoyment and participation in sport at Orchard House,' say judges
ÌÇÐÄVlog IS Awards: Strategic education initiative winner
In a year when remote learning took centre stage, Harrow School Online demonstrated the power of online education
ÌÇÐÄVlog IS Awards: Independent-state school partnership
Pupils at The Key Education Centre have grown in confidence through a partnership with Bedales School, impressing the judges this year
ÌÇÐÄVlog IS Awards: Student initiative of the year winner
Judges praise Streatham & Clapham High School student Joely To's 'initiative and drive to get her laudable project off the ground' in establishing a groundbreaking website to encourage girls in STEM
Academy trust fights injunction over masks in class
Multi-academy trust in court to defend its policy of masks in the classroom – which is in line with national guidance
Meet the refugee pupil excelling in Gaelic at school
The story of a young Syrian refugee has gone viral after a photo was posted of him with a Gaelic certificate
Exclusive: Recovery at risk as school staff cuts loom
Schools are having to 'lose people who should be in front of children just to balance the books', warns heads union leader
GCSEs 2021: Grade checks to avoid ‘febrile atmosphere’
The return of GCSE and A-level exams next year 'is going to need quite a lot of thought', says Ofqual boss
Exclusive: ‘Unacceptable’ DfE failure over off-rolling
Delay to government consultation on keeping track of children not in school is 'ridiculous', says teachers' leader
Scotland ‘has best-funded schools system in the UK’
But England allocates more funding to schools ‘on the basis of social deprivation’, according to report
GCSES 2022: Exam plan needed by summer, say heads
Teachers need to know 'exactly how next year's exams will work' by the end of this term, says NAHT union
National Tutoring Programme ‘too restrictive’ say heads
Heads' union reports ‘frustrations’ with the catch-up scheme and say it’s not reaching schools in every part of the country
Masks-in-class rule will lift in mid-May if data allows
Policy will be reviewed in advance of step three of the roadmap out of lockdown, schools minister says
How the 2020 grades ‘fiasco’ torpedoed trust in GCSEs
Majority of school leaders and teachers disagreed that GCSEs and A levels were trusted qualifications in 2020
Why teachers’ worst fears over exams have come true
For all the talk of cancelling exams, students' results still hinge on high-stakes assessments, says Alasdair Allan
GCSE and A-level appeals ‘will take longer’ this year
Schools can advise students about whether they were close to a higher grade during the appeals process
Dear Mr Williamson, school funding is in crisis...
In an open letter to the education secretary, this head argues that schools' financial situation is untenable
Gibb: Schools that ban phones ‘have higher test scores’
Minister says evidence supports school mobile phone bans – but heads tell DfE to instead focus on ‘big policy issues’
Schools ‘won’t lose out over pupil premium change’
Minister says individual schools will not lose funding 'as a direct consequence' of pupil premium census date change
Catch-up plan expected ‘before the summer’, says Gibb
Sir Kevan Collins will 'say more' on his advice for 'medium- and longer-term' action in the summer term, says minister
Half of teachers ‘suffering burnout’ during Covid
Burnout becoming ‘more and more true in our classrooms’, says charity as it calls for schools to be ‘properly resourced’
1 in 3 heads using pupil premium to plug funding gaps
The Covid pandemic has led to more schools diverting funds aimed at the poorest pupils, finds charity
School uniform cost cutting bill to become law tomorrow
New legislation seeks to keep branded items to a minimum to reduce burden of uniform costs on parents
Baseline 2021: Roll-out extended as opposition mounts
Exclusive: Critics call timing of announcement ‘extraordinary’ as momentum grows for primary assessment review