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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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‘Ignore Ofsted’ social mobility tsar urges heads
Katharine Birbalsingh says she does not think Ofsted, 'as an idea, is a force for good'
GCSEs 2022: Summer exams ‘likely to widen disadvantage gap’
Heads' warning over Covid impact on exam results comes as Ofqual chief says awarding differential grades would be impossible
Ofsted: Covid ‘fractured schools’ contract with parents’
Ofsted chief calls for action to boost school attendance – but Labour says the inspectorate is in need of reform
DfE literacy and numeracy aims will be ‘counterproductive’
Geoff Barton will tell heads that the forthcoming education White Paper risks narrowing the primary school curriculum
No pupils should be held back by lack of ‘good’ schools
Labour's shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson warns of over 200,000 pupils in areas with no schools rated as 'good' or 'outstanding'
DfE catch-up tuition group U-turn will ‘sell kids short’
Exclusive: The DfE has been accused of ‘selling’ disadvantaged pupils ‘short’ after it said NTP group sizes could be increased
Northern Ireland abuse victims given long-awaited apology
A minute’s silence was held before five Stormont ministers each offered an apology on behalf of the government
DfE: More ‘flexibility’ on ECF as mentors dip
Schools minister writes to schools to set out early career framework changes as new data shows patchy mentor take-up
Muir report: what happens next in Scottish education?
The Muir report, published earlier this week, will lead to the creation of three new national education bodies
Oak to roll out lessons in Ukrainian for refugees
Education secretary announces move today after revealing plans for the UK to take in 100,000 children fleeing the war in Ukraine
Fresh push for ‘significant’ rise in teacher numbers
Scotland’s biggest teaching union also calls for councils to go even further than the government's promise to reduce class-contact time
Zahawi to switch £65m NTP catch-up cash to schools
Education secretary announces cash will be given directly to schools, as school-led tutoring delivers over half of target courses
Exclusive: DfE warned over lack of ‘due process’ on Oak plan
Educational suppliers' leader tells the DfE that its plan for a new quango risks the Schools White Paper having 'less longevity than a fidget spinner'
GCSE league tables: ‘Schools thrown to the wolves’
The vast majority of school leaders think it's wrong for the government to publish secondary school league tables this year after all the Covid disruption
Zahawi: New Oak to stop teachers ‘reinventing the wheel’
The education secretary is expected to confirm plans for the ‘transformation’ of Oak into a new UK-wide curriculum quango today
Keep school Covid tests free to avoid exam disruption, Zahawi told
Heads’ leader warns virus among staff is still leading to whole year group closures in the run-up to GCSEs and A levels
End ‘spaghetti junction’ catch-up funding, say MPs
The National Tutoring Programme contract with Randstad should be stopped if the scheme fails to meet its targets by spring, says committee
Eton plan for three selective sixth-form schools in North and Midlands
Private school partnership with major MAT aims to open free schools in Oldham, Middlesbrough and Dudley
Muir told exams are ‘necessary and beneficial’
But exams should be ‘lighter touch’, say respondents to the consultation that informed report on Scottish education reform
Schools ‘stand ready’ to take in children fleeing war in Ukraine
Heads' leader said challenge can be met rapidly after education secretary Nadhim Zahawi announced plans to place 100,000 children in UK schools
Top MATs set to run £121m Institute of Teaching
A group of big multi-academy trusts is the preferred bidder to run the government's new teacher training organisation, 91¶¶Òõ understands
DfE tries to tempt back ex-chemistry and computing teachers
Government extends support scheme in an attempt to persuade more former teachers back into the classroom to help with Covid catch-up
DfE seeks provider for £1m EYFS catch-up hubs
New hubs are part of the government's £180m early years Covid recovery effort, aimed at building a 'stronger, more expert workforce'
Teachers ‘could face severe real-terms pay cuts’
The chancellor will need to impose real-terms pay cuts in the public sector or change borrowing or spending plans, warns the IFS