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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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Curriculum review launches call for evidence

Professor Becky Francis warns that the current system is failing a third of pupils and says the review will focus on disadvantaged students

Schools with lower Ofsted ratings hit harder by falling rolls

The problem of falling pupil rolls is not being felt equally across the primary school sector, according to new NFER analysis

Guidance on school breakfasts ‘grossly out of date’, says minister

Minister Stephen Morgan's comments come after Labour set out plans to pilot breakfast clubs in primary schools

Directed hours rule ‘archaic’, says MAT leader

Becks Boomer-Clark, CEO of Lift Schools, said the teaching profession must ‘have a much more mature, sophisticated and flexible understanding of time’

Schools ‘losing’ KS3 students because of teaching quality

Lord Knight has warned that the 'quality of experience is not engaging enough' for some pupils at key stage 3

What subject experts want from Labour’s curriculum review

With the DfE's curriculum and exam review set to call for evidence, ÌÇÐÄVlog looks at the changes subject experts want to see

Days left to complete ‘crucial’ languages survey for Scottish schools

Responses will give overview of modern languages teaching in Scotland amid deep concerns over their place in school timetables

New education body for parents and carers seeks recruits

The Scottish Assembly of Parents and Carers starts its search for members today, months after funding was cut from another national parent body

Drop in science practicals ‘detriment to us all’, experts warn

Scientists Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Brian Cox partner with the Royal Society to help teachers run practical experiments

Call to investigate impact of existing mental health support on pupils

NEU says schools 'do not have the resources or staff to continue carrying the weight of a broken system'

Phillipson defends panel chosen for curriculum review

Speaking at the Labour Party Conference, the education secretary says making the panel bigger would risk it becoming 'over-wieldy'

Call for Swinney to intervene over council education cuts

EIS writes to first minister amid dismay over 'hugely damaging' plans in Glasgow and Falkirk to cut teaching jobs and learning hours

We need more teachers with SEND, says schools minister

Speaking at the Labour Party conference, Catherine McKinnell said the government is looking at how to make teaching more inclusive

Higher history marking review must be ‘thorough and transparent’

The way the Higher history exam was marked this year is to be scrutinised after the pass rate dropped by over 10 percentage points

Schools invited to pilot Labour’s breakfast club plan

The DfE has said that the scheme will 'test and learn what works' ahead of a national rollout

Labour urged to ‘bring forward measures’ to tackle teacher supply

The recruitment of postgraduate secondary teacher trainees is 37 per cent below target, analysis of DfE figures shows

VAT on school fees will lead to teacher job cuts, warns SCIS

The body for Scottish independent schools also says that displaced students in exam years are struggling to find places in the state sector

Labour’s education policy: what schools can expect

Ahead of this year's Labour Party conference, we look at what we know so far on the new government’s key education policies, including Ofsted report cards and recruiting 6,500 more teachers

NEU launches snap poll on teacher pay

The teaching union is recommending its members accept the government's teacher pay rise for 2024-25

Mayors’ bid for school oversight role

Former government adviser says regional responsibility for schools should be transferred from DfE regions to metro mayors

The battle for regional school control

Trusts, councils and metro mayors are all pushing for a driving role in school improvement after the new government signalled a shake-up

MAT leaders: SEND and inclusion should not be ‘delegated down’

The Queen Street Group's annual report highlights SEND, falling rolls and Ofsted's ability to assess MATs as key concerns

Hayward response finally revealed by education secretary

Plan to scrap S4 exams rejected – but 'internal and continuous assessment will contribute to a greater percentage of a final grade', says Jenny Gilruth

Cambridge International students’ university and subject choices revealed

Cambridge survey shows the countries emerging alongside the UK, USA, Canada and Australia as popular destinations for university study