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Students sitting maths exam today only discovered the problem once papers had been opened – now AQA promises to contact schools before results day to ‘explain what we’ve done to make sure no learners are disadvantaged’

Service learning shouldn’t just be a one-off volunteering initiative – it needs to be embedded into the curriculum if we want to develop young people who can shape the world around them, writes leader Shahina Ahmad

A focus on financial literacy is not just recommended by the curriculum review – it can also make students more likely to continue to engage with maths, writes Andy Codling

A long-serving Montessori teacher who is about to become the head of a school in Spain reflects on the unexpected journey that led her to this teaching method – and why others should consider it

Year 8 reading tests, GCSE English shortcomings, and the tricky balance between grammar and reading enjoyment were among the issues raised at an MPs’ committee today

A research project drawing on insights from ISP schools around the world proves the value of embedding key life skills into the curriculum, says the group’s Camilla Woodhouse

The national curriculum and exam-based assessment approaches are big factors in many students being ‘effectively set up to fail’, finds government-commissioned review

Pupils’ writing lacks personality when they are too focused on sentence structures and checklists, writes head of English Emma Snow. Here, she sets out how to address this problem

Jenny Oldroyd, director for curriculum at the Department for Education, will move posts next month, prompting one union to describe a series of recent departures as ‘not ideal’

In an exclusive interview with 91¶¶Òõ, Eduqas CEO Ian Morgan talks about the risks of moving to on-screen assessment, the use of AI to mark exams and the debate over how long exams should be

Scotland has ‘patchy and inconsistent’ relationships, sexual health and parenthood education, and lags behind other parts of the UK, says Joanne Smith

The outgoing children’s laureate talks about the reasons for the decline in reading for pleasure, screens stealing children’s time and the government’s plan for a new reading test