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Which A-level subjects recorded the highest grades in 2026?

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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Plan for new Welsh schools announced - but what about staff?

There are plans to open 23 new Welsh-medium primary schools – but the government has not hit its targets for the number of Welsh language teachers

Will Quince named as schools minister

The former children and families minister shifts briefs under the new DfE regime

Mindfulness ‘has no impact on student wellbeing’

Teachers may not be best-placed to deliver mental health strategies without 'considerable training and support', finds research

Academies review panel ‘disappointing’, say sector leaders

Exclusive: Fears have been raised about omissions from the government's new academies policy review panel

School rebuilding plans fall ‘woefully short’, say leaders

The School Rebuilding Programme was launched with a commitment to replace or refurbish buildings at 500 schools but over 1,000 have been nominated for it

Revealed: National Institute of Teaching’s permanent chief

Exclusive: The founding CEO of the new 'flagship' teacher training provider the National Institute of Teaching has been handed the role permanently

Attendance: almost 1 in 5 secondary students off school

Teacher absence increased by more than a fifth in two weeks amid a rise in Covid cases, official figures show

Schools Bill: Labour pushes to limit academy freedom on curriculum

Opposition's amendment would require academies to follow national curriculum and local admission policies

Masks back in school corridors as Covid cases rise

ASCL union plans to raise concerns over increasing Covid absence in schools with new education secretary James Cleverly

Heads call for ‘immediate investigation’ into missing Sats papers

The DfE is yet to give a clear answer on the scale of missing and incorrect key stage 2 results, says union leader

Curriculum a ‘barrier’ to tackling bullying, warn leaders

Teachers 'lack time' to celebrate diversity across different lessons, says survey by DfE-funded charity

Ofsted: Six changes to school inspection from September

The inspectorate has updated its school inspection handbook. Here is everything you need to know

‘Grave concern’ over new DfE minister’s ‘obscene gesture’

Andrea Jenkyns' single-finger gesture could harm teachers' efforts to maintain 'common decency' in schools, education union leaders warn

Exclusive: Qualifications review lead outlines what happens next

New Scottish system must be ‘both visionary and practical’, says Professor Louise Hayward

Sats 2022: the data behind this year’s results

The interim data published by the Department for Education this week showed the effects of the pandemic on learning

Covid cases on the rise among teachers

Teacher leaders have called for a 'proper plan' for how to live with the virus in the long term

Former teacher appointed as DfE junior minister

Brendan Clarke-Smith and Andrea Jenkyns announced at DfE as part of a new-look government

Revealed: How Covid spread in schools this year

One in four secondary-age pupils have tested positive for Covid twice, according to ONS data published today

Covid: Spielman regrets Ofsted not going into schools sooner in 2020

Chief inspector also said teachers should not be campaigners in the classroom, in a keynote speech to education leaders today

‘Caretaker’ DfE team could make decision on teacher pay

James Cleverly, appointed as secretary of state yesterday, said not making a decision on teacher pay would "bind the hands" of his successor

EIS delivers 25,000-name petition demanding pay rise

Scottish teaching unions are campaigning for a 10 per cent increase for all teachers

Academies leader: ‘We won’t engage in new policy amid uncertainty’

Exclusive: Key adviser vows to engage only on existing policy after mass government resignations finally forced Boris Johnson to quit as prime minister yesterday

Most schools struggling to recruit teachers, heads warn

School leaders are warning of major recruitment problems, with close to half of headteachers saying the problem is 'severe'

‘Cap Ofsted ratings’ for schools not taking pupils in care

A 'culture of impunity' is enabling schools to turn away children in care, MPs warn