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Falling maths, reading and science Pisa scores cannot be entirely blamed on Covid – so what else has been going wrong in Wales, asks Gareth Evans

Education secretary has predicted a ‘radical shift in Scottish education’ – but reform report author insists there is nothing revolutionary about its proposals

Scotland’s Pisa results were ‘not good enough’, Humza Yousaf said today – but he cautioned against dismissing ‘the entirety of Scottish education’ based on them

This week’s essential education news includes the inquest ruling on the death of Ruth Perry and the DfE falling far short of its targets for new teacher trainees

Reading assessments can lead schools to think that an intervention hasn’t worked, but that’s not always the right conclusion, says Jessie Ricketts

There are ‘large differences’ in the success of appeals depending on the subject, according to Scotland’s exam body. We provide a breakdown of the data

The Pisa survey holds a wealth of data and analysis on issues such as mobile phones in schools, migration, behaviour, staffing and parental involvement

Exam boards have called on the government to make sure schools have the digital access and guidance they need for online GCSE exams

While the pandemic has been cited as the big factor in changes in the latest Pisa scores, there are also worrying longer-term trends, says the EPI’s Louis Hodge

The chief executive of OCR explains why it has announced plans to start providing digital exams – and why the path to a fully digital system requires careful planning

The exam board has announced it will launch a digitally-assessed computer science GCSE in 2025 if it gets Ofqual approval

Appeals from the wealthiest parts of Scotland after the 2023 SQA exams were also more likely to be successful, new analysis shows