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Summer-born children arrive at school with a disadvantage – but how can teachers tell if a struggle is due to maturity, or if something else is going on? Helen Pinnington shares her advice

Pandemic’s effect on education is slowly being understood as more data comes to light. The latest on Progress 8 makes clear the impact on disadvantaged schools, as Jenna Julius explains

The proportion of students missing the languages component of the EBacc also rose

Exclusive: Increase is ‘further evidence of a Sats system beset with problems this year’, says union leader

Ofqual chief tells MPs that exam boards are investigating allegations of malpractice relating to teacher-assessed grades during the pandemic

EEF study also finds that a catch-up phonics programme has a ‘negative impact’ on reading compared with regular English lessons

The CEO of the largest primary-only MAT reflects on recent key stage 1 and phonics results – and discusses what needs to be done to address the challenges they have revealed

International Baccalaureate director-general talks to 91¶¶Òõ about potential remote learning pitfalls for teachers and why he has green-lit online assessment

This year’s key stage 1 assessment results show that the needs of the most disadvantaged children have been forgotten by policymakers, says Megan Dixon – and it’s time for a fresh start

A huge trove of data from the DfE offers numerous insights into how the pandemic hit primary pupils’ learning at key stage 1. We outline the key trends you need to know – and what they may mean for your cohorts

The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in the phonics screening check in Year 1 fell to 75 per cent this year – in the first such check since before Covid

Just four in 10 disadvantaged pupils reached the expected standard in writing in the first KS1 tests since 2019, new DfE figures show