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Jewish pupils face ‘regular and hostile abuse’
Former Ofsted chief highlights the ‘extraordinary’ security measures required in Jewish faith schools as he reveals the interim findings from his review into antisemitism in education settings
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A levels 2022: Results day will not be ‘pain-free’, Ucas warns
Ucas chief executive Clare Marchant says returning to a 'midpoint' in grades was never going to be easy
Law providing free period products comes into force
The law requiring schools to provide free sanitary products comes into force in Scotland today – but already there are calls for more to be done
GCSEs and A levels 2022: How teachers got to results day
We look back at the journey towards the return of exams this summer – and how heads and teachers navigated record Covid rates in schools to steer students through the exam series
GCSE results day 2022: Exam board strike planned
Staff at the country's biggest exam board, AQA, are also planning to strike on A-level results day over pay
GCSE results 2022: Over half of teachers warn of ‘atrocious’ exam aid impact
Exclusive: 'Disgraceful' government and exam-board delays and mistakes over measures to help students will mean results will be 'grossly unfair', teachers have said
GCSEs and A levels: 9 in 10 teachers fear grades will be unfair
Exclusive: Over half of teachers are 'hugely concerned' students will not get exam grades they deserve despite measures to mitigate Covid disruption, a 91¶¶Òõ poll shows
Teacher strikes looming as pay deal rejected
Union says it is 'committed' to a ballot on strike action after a survey shows nearly three-quarters of its members 'reject' the teacher pay award
High stakes exams ‘discredited’, say Scottish school leaders
Scottish secondary leaders body calls for assessment system overhaul – as headteachers predict ‘huge’ appeals workload
New Schools Network invites school bids for £650k fund
Charity launches fund aimed at supporting free schools and academy trusts that are focused on tackling disadvantage after losing government contract
School funding ‘will barely increase in next 3 years’
With rising inflation predicted to wipe out much of the planned funding increases for schools, leaders warn stretched budgets could lead to bigger classes
SQA exam results day 2022: what we’ve learned
The results of the first national Scottish Qualifications Authority exams since 2019 have been published today
A levels 2022: AQA staff to strike on results day
The country's biggest exam board disputes Unison claim that strike action could cause issues for teenagers trying to contact it on A-level results day
Exclusive: School leaders frustrated by ‘delay’ to key handbook
Updated government guidance covering academy trust responsibilities still has not been published, just weeks before term starts
GCSEs must ‘maintain their value’, says Quince
The government says very few schools will get better results than in 2021, when grades were awarded by teacher assessment after the cancellation of exams
This year’s qualifications ‘will be valued’, vows Somerville
Courses and assessment were modified this year – but students can have confidence in their SQA results, says Scotland's education secretary
Education unions gain 46,000 members since pandemic
With industrial action looming large after the teacher pay award, how strong is education union membership? Matilda Martin analyses the latest figures
NEU sets September date for first teacher strike ballot
The union is the first to set dates for balloting members as fallout from the teacher pay deal rumbles on
2022 exams not ‘fair’, say nearly half of teachers
More than one-fifth of A-level students missed at least four weeks of school in 2021-22, warns Sutton Trust research
‘Depression rising among Welsh secondary starters’
Survey of 120,000 secondary students suggests that anxiety about moving up to secondary school was heightened by Covid
Review PE guidance after Lionesses win, says heads’ union
Government accused of failing to ensure girls have equal access to football in PE lessons
Revealed: Councils bidding for DfE MAT trial
At least eight local authorities have expressed interest in the government pilot to develop council-run MATs
Teacher vacancy levels ‘unprecedented’ this late on in year
Exclusive: Research shows 'more problems than anticipated' with teacher recruitment for September
Lack of data ‘makes it harder to undo Covid damage’
The full impact of Covid on Scottish schools is unclear – so baseline measures urgently need to be established, MSPs warn
Government to ‘miss school spending pledge’ as costs soar
Former chancellor Rishi Sunak said the government would restore per-pupil funding to 2010 levels in real terms, but experts say this is no longer on track