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Maths and English literature both saw a bigger increase in top A-level grades this year than the marginal rise recorded across all subjects

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Stop ‘trading in fatuous soundbites’, Keegan told

Headteachers' leader to urge education secretary to come forward with a pay offer and end the teacher strikes

Free schools ‘won’t solve SEND places crisis’

Special-school leaders question whether the DfE understands the scale of shortage of places after latest announcement

DfE ‘concern’ over off-site schooling

Government concerned at quality of education at alternative settings outside of schools, 91¶¶Òõ has learned

10 MATs lined up to run attendance hubs

Project started by Northern Education Trust set to be rolled out to major multi-academy trusts after call from Gillian Keegan

Schools forced to become ‘4th emergency service’

Schools are having to run an unofficial welfare service for pupils, a heads union leader will warn today after a survey shows most heads say local child support services are 'inadequate'

DfE to watch how catch-up cut hits schools

Department will monitor the impact of next year's NTP subsidy drop and share with the Treasury, the permanent secretary said

Oak National signs up Pearson as curriculum partner

News comes ahead of the full list of curriculum providers for Oak National Academy, which 91¶¶Òõ understands is expected to be announced next week

Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association votes to accept pay offer

The union will now end its industrial action over pay, while the ballot result for Scotland’s largest union, the EIS, is due tomorrow

School buildings still risky, admits DfE

The DfE's most senior civil servant says there is an 'unknown risk' around older school buildings

Schools’ ‘slow rot’ caused by DfE structure focus

A slip in school standards or safeguarding is 'rarely' the fault of individual heads or teachers, shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson said today

Sats results delay ‘disappointing’ and ‘avoidable’

Schools won't get key stage 2 results until 11 July due to the coronation bank holiday

Call for urgent pay talks ahead of Budget

The NASUWT teaching union has said members' patience is being 'tested to the limit'

How to contribute to the Scottish qualifications review

The independent review of assessment and qualifications is asking if external exams should be significantly reduced and if the Higher brand should be consigned to history – but how do teachers and heads feed back their views?

Call for Ofsted to rate catch-up quality

The National Tutoring Programme has 'changed the landscape' but must focus on quality, says Sutton Trust

GCSEs: Deaf students ‘more than a year behind’ classmates

'Unacceptable inequality' that deaf children face by the time they sit their GCSEs is highlighted by new report

Ofsted inspectors’ strike inspection plan ‘concern’

Four in five senior Ofsted inspectors are unhappy with the plan to start school inspections on Monday ahead of teacher strikes, a snapshot poll shows

Wanted: ‘Like-minded teachers’ to challenge the DfE

DfE seeks new members for its Teacher Reference Group, particularly those working in 'challenging contexts'

Walker: Increasing early years funding ‘more effective’ than catch-up

Former schools minister tells MPs that increased investment in the early years would be 'more effective' than 'catch-up funding spent in the school years'

Support staff union plans strike ballot

Unison rejects a flat pay offer of £1,925 for school support staff from April

Sunak steps in over RSE row

'Hard to be anything other than deeply concerned' by relationships and sex education announcement, says union leader

Teacher strikes: DfE ‘refused’ pay mediation talks offer

Unions criticise education secretary Gillian Keegan after offer of arbitration was rejected

Is the Higher brand about to be consigned to history?

The Higher has been described as the 'gold standard' and the 'cornerstone' of Scottish education, but the term could be swept away after more than 130 years in an attempt to give parity to other qualifications and forms of learning

Teachers ‘papering over the cracks’ in mental health support

A damning report by the children's commissioner calls for more mental health support in all schools by 2025

Early years language catch-up scheme ‘beneficial’ but time consuming

The DfE-funded Nuffield Early Language Intervention helped with Reception pupils' Covid recovery despite staff shortages, report finds