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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