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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