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A-level results 2026: regional divide grows again

Today’s A-level results for England also reveal increases in the top grades awarded and in the overall pass rate

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Hire more teachers to boost music in schools, DfE told

DfE will draw on industry expertise for new music education plan after nearly half of consultation responses said current offer is limited

GCSE and A-level results: Appeals legal bid ‘immoral’

Legal offers to help 'privileged few...pick over' teacher-assessed grades are 'depressing' and 'immoral', say teachers and heads

GCSE and A level results: ‘Don’t blame hero teachers’

If ministers blame teachers for any problems with GCSE and A-level results, they will be met with 'fire and fury', says teachers' leader

GCSE and A levels 2021: How Ofqual will review appeals

Ofqual reveals how it will be investigating appeal complaints but says it cannot force boards to 'look at appeals again'

‘Stop exam obsession’ says former catch-up tsar

Sir Kevan Collins says schools have been left in 'invidious position' over how to assess students fairly in pandemic

87% of teachers lacked GCSE and A-level grade aid

EXCLUSIVE: Teachers say 'vague' guidance from Ofqual and exam boards led to uneven processes between schools and colleges

A levels 2021: Higher grades could become ‘new norm’

Awarding higher grades to make up for lost learning could be 'killing with kindness', expert claims

Warning over growing special needs postcode funding gap

New research shows continuing and significant differences in the high needs funding for schools going into different parts of the country

GCSEs and A-levels results day 2021: What to expect

As we await the release of teacher-assessed grades next week, what are the issues teachers will be looking out for?

Covid: ‘Avalanche’ of DfE updates ‘impeded’ schools

Study finds heads 'inundated' with 201 school policy updates sent by DfE during first wave of pandemic

Covid jabs could be part of ‘school vaccination’ offer

Health secretary Sajid Javid suggests school vaccinations could bolster rollout to 16-year-olds

Landmark early years policy all set after Covid delay

Every part of Scotland ready to provide 1,140 hours of free early learning and childcare, Nicola Sturgeon says

SQA boss on exams turmoil and 18 months of Covid

In her first extended interview since Covid began, SQA chief executive says the body has 'absolutely learned' from a turbulent 18 months

DfE’s state vs private schools A-level grade gap fears

Exclusive: Concern in government over wider attainment gap between state and private schools led to pre-results day briefing being considered

‘Heads must not be made to police student Covid jabs’

School leaders have welcomed new jab plans but a union has said that schools should not be responsible for promoting or policing take up

Face masks still required even after teen vaccinations

Secondary school students in Scotland still required to wear masks even if Covid vaccinations are extended to 16- and 17-year-olds

Williamson ‘not involved’ in school shutdown decisions

A series of 'crucial' calls on Covid education policy were made by Downing Street alone, report finds

GCSEs: Lack of plan B on Covid was ‘unforgivable’

A damning new report also warns the government did not learn lessons on schools from the first Covid lockdown

GCSEs 2021: Heads call for DfE to top up exam rebates

Heads' confidence in exam boards has been 'dented' by 'muddled' rebate process

Pearson Edexcel confirms £31m exam fee rebate

Board will return 33 per cent of its fees after Covid led to summer exam cancellations

Exclusive: 9 in 10 teachers think pay freeze is unfair

Teaching union leader says pay freeze shows 'contempt' for teachers' work in the pandemic

Why the Globe is offering antiracist Shakespeare CPD

Lucy Cuthbertson, one of the new co-directors of education at Shakespeare's Globe, explains why she's helping teachers discuss the Bard through the lens of major social trends

Heads criticise Williamson’s ‘typical’ Latin focus

Education secretary can talk 'ad infinitum' about Latin – but decline in modern languages should be top priority, say leaders

Thousands of teenagers to get jab before school return

Covid jabs will be offered to around 4,000 young people in Scotland aged between 12 and 17 before 16 August