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Most teachers to pay less into their pension under new plans

DfE launches consultation on cutting employee contribution rates for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme across most salary bands

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Revealed: How the new Sendco qualification will work

A new NPQ, part of the government's SEND plans, will be available from autumn 2024 and is primarily for Sendcos, school leaders or aspiring Sendcos

Northern Ireland school leaders to escalate industrial action again

Teachers and heads in Northern Ireland are 'angry' about 'stagnant' pay after deals were reached in other parts of the UK

GCSE results 2023: Keegan defends resits

Sector leaders call for alternatives to compulsory GCSE English and maths resits

GCSE grade ‘protection’ no longer needed, says Ofqual boss

Low student attendance since the pandemic is a 'tragedy', Jo Saxton tells 91¶¶Òõ, but insists measures to protect grade levels will not be necessary from next year

Weekly round-up: GCSE reaction and analysis

91¶¶Òõ' education news round-up includes reaction to this week's GCSE results and analysis of the major trends

GCSE results 2023: Attainment gap widens after grading reset

The latest GCSE results for England reveal that the attainment gap between London and the rest of England is wider than before the pandemic as exam grading returns to 'normal'

GCSEs: Results expose ‘London-centric’ catch-up bias

Sector leaders also warn that this year's results show the Covid pandemic and cost-of-living crisis continue to have a major effect on disadvantaged pupils' attainment

GCSE results 2023: Results by subject

Schools in England received this year's GCSE results today. Find out how your subject performed

GCSEs in Wales: One in 5 entries gets top grade

Wales' GCSE results for 2023 show that 21.7 per cent of entries were graded A/7 or above – a fall on last year's figures

GCSEs: Northern Ireland attainment rates fall again

Northern Ireland's GCSE results for 2023 follow similar trends to its A-level results, with a return towards pre-pandemic grading

AI no good for high-stakes assessment, says exam board

The use of artificial intelligence in education needs close supervision from teachers, says AQA

Gilruth visits first primary to ‘fully embed’ LGBT-inclusive education

The Scottish government says its commitment to inclusive education is already leading to fewer instances of anti-LGBT behaviour, language and bullying

Slimmed down SLF back next month

The Scottish Learning Festival’s focus this year is on after-school keynote addresses, with the traditional programme of shorter seminars to be spread throughout the year

GCSE results 2023: Schools await grades but fewer top marks expected

This year’s GCSE grades are set to be lower than previous years as Ofqual completes its two-year programme to reverse grade inflation

Retaining teachers ‘key to keeping aspirations high’

Teenagers from poorer backgrounds are twice as likely to feel pessimistic about their futures, Teach First research warns

GCSEs 2023: Heads call for more ‘humane’ exam system

Leaders have called for a 'new style' of English and maths qualification that students could take 'at the point of readiness'

DfE names areas where SEND reforms will be tested

Long-awaited SEND reforms will be tested in 32 areas of the country, which have been named today

Union calls on government to ‘restore calm’ in Scottish schools

Call made after NASUWT learns of incidents of teachers being attacked, including one being knocked unconscious with a scooter

PE lesson decline blamed on DfE policy changes

Heads' leader says exam reforms and accountability changes likely to have led to fall in time spent on PE lessons

School chess to get cash boost

Primary schools in disadvantaged areas can apply for grants of up to £2,000 for chess sets and tutorials

Keegan defends A-level remarks

Education secretary says she has never asked anyone for their A-level results in her 30 years in business

New MAT body plan for national curriculum

The Confederation of School Trusts has put forward plans for a new process for making changes to the national curriculum

Students in care ‘twice as likely’ to fail GCSE maths or English

New analysis of the GCSE results of children in care has revealed a 'worrying attainment gap', warns charity

3 Eton-led state sixth forms among new free schools

Three new sixth forms run by Eton and Star Academies in the North and the Midlands, and a new BRIT school in Bradford, get DfE approval