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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