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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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EPI: Schools need guidance for pupils with multiple suspensions

Impact of suspensions called into question as students removed from the classroom are more than twice as likely to fail to achieve a level 3 qualification, research finds

Improve support for school transition, says charity

Students in secondary school 'never quite regain the happiness levels of their primary school days', warns Children's Society wellbeing report

New primary science curriculum proposed by experts

Recommendations for the new curriculum include a list of real-life experiences children should have by age 11 to help their science understanding

GCSEs: Government ‘should rethink soul-destroying resits’

The policy of compulsory resits for GCSE students not getting a standard pass in English and maths has been challenged by a new report

Child poverty strategy should not make ‘further asks’ of schools

As the government's child poverty taskforce meets for the first time, leaders tell ÌÇÐÄVlog what they think the strategy should address when it comes to schools

Success rate rises for primary school admissions appeals

More families appealed their child's school place for this academic year, new government figures show

How resilience in the face of disruption defined this year’s A-level cohort

School and trust leaders pay tribute to students this A-level results day for overcoming disruption through lockdowns, mental health challenges and teacher shortages

Ofqual chief raises concern over region’s A-level performance

Responding to today's A-level results, Sir Ian Bauckham says the exam system can 'reveal disparities' that need to be addressed

No national ban on phones in Scottish schools

New Scottish government guidance says ‘mobile phones can both enhance and detract from learning’ and leaves it to schools and councils to decide ‘restrictions and limitations’

A-level results 2024: how did each subject perform?

Top grades broadly increased in most subjects, though results are very slightly down from last year in English literature and English language

New Scottish behaviour plan advises ‘high warmth and high standards’

‘Culture shift’ in behaviour management has made teachers feel 'disempowered', says plan, which backs 'relationships-based approaches’ and barely mentions exclusions

A-level results 2024: top grades up in England

Today's A-level results also show a widening in regional gaps and in the gap between state and private schools for students achieving top grades

Exam results: Why the gender gap is shrinking

Boys' GCSE grades are improving and girls' attainment is faltering – but why? Experts point to mental health struggles, absence, misogyny and exclusions

Students pick ‘narrower range’ of A-level subjects

The arts and humanities are suffering, and students are more likely to choose A levels from the same subject group, a report finds

Sharp drop in Higher history exam pass rate

This year, just two-thirds of students attained an A-C pass for Higher history – with the SQA blaming ‘a drop in performance' in the exam

Cambridge International exams: 2024 results released

More than 630,000 students have received their international GCSE, O-level and AS- and A-level results after 'biggest-ever exam series'

A levels: Phillipson vows to reverse inequalities in education

Ahead of A-level results day, the education secretary has pledged to tackle disadvantage gaps that the head of Ofqual has branded a 'scandal'

Ofqual: Boosting student grades for RAAC not fair

Ofqual chief regulator says it would be 'difficult' to allow a special grade uplift for students in schools where the presence of collapse-prone concrete has disrupted learning

Unauthorised absence rising but attendance has improved

Unauthorised absence has risen by 80 per cent in secondary schools since the pandemic, new EPI analysis shows

Ofsted told to improve ‘inconsistent’ inspection data

Concern raised by official statistics watchdog over the way Ofsted records 'incomplete' inspections

Antisemitism in schools more than triples in 2 years

Incidents involve direct threats, bullying and school reading material containing an 'overtly antisemitic caricature'

UK riots: Convene ‘urgent’ teacher working group, government told

Call from body representing the teaching profession comes amid far-right violence in towns and cities across England

SQA grade boundaries: Higher pass marks by subject

We show the percentage mark that students needed to pass an SQA Higher course in each subject, as the 2024 results data is published

Teacher strikes: minimum service plan scrapped

The previous government's plan to restrict future teacher strikes will be repealed through the Employment Rights Bill, Labour says