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It is hoped the new brand of qualification – which will be called VCSEs and will replace existing vocational qualifications such as Btecs – will improve parity of esteem

An Estyn report on the secondary school attendance crisis in Wales says the level of variation between schools is a ‘notable concern’

Academics say a plan is needed for students who have faced the worst disruption owing to crumbling concrete in their school buildings

Half of primary schools’ top-attaining maths pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds fail to get a grade 7 or higher in the subject at GCSE, research warns

Scotland’s education secretary has urged schools and councils to be flexible when considering education maintenance allowance applications as official figures show uptake is falling

The proportion of students passing GCSE maths in November exams fell compared with the previous year and pre-pandemic levels

Ofsted should review schools’ fair access admissions policies as part of inspections to check rising ‘social selectivity’, the Sutton Trust says

Subject to Ofqual approval, Pearson Edexcel plans to offer GCSE English language and literature on-screen in 18 months’ time

The International Baccalaureate said it would not be sharing assessment data to prevent ‘generalised comparisons’

Chris Smith’s passion for maths has worldwide reach beyond his state school in the Ayrshire town of Kilmarnock

Proposed National Digital Academy aimed to help people study for Highers ‘any time, any place’, but doubts cast over scheme’s progress

Heads’ leader calls plan to introduce Advanced British Standard qualification ‘headless chicken policymaking’ amid a teacher recruitment crisis