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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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Exclusive: Reform Ofsted post Covid ‘battle’, say heads

A commission involving heads should be set up to review accountability structures in wake of pandemic, say school leaders

DfE ‘doesn’t know’ Covid crisis cost impact on schools

Government has 'utterly failed' to assess Covid cost pressures for schools, say heads after watchdog calls for clarity

School funding shifting away from the poorest, says NAO

National funding formula means majority of the most deprived schools have seen a real-terms funding cut, watchdog warns

Primary teachers face 3 months of Covid learning loss

Key stage 1 pupils have fallen back on reading and maths due to pandemic disruption, NFER and EEF research shows

Covid: Heads slam ‘cynical attempt to shift blame’

Union writes to Boris Johnson over claims schools are being 'overzealous' in their Covid measures by sending too many pupils home

Unity Howard to leave influential free schools charity

Ms Howard is replaced by Sophie Harrison-Byrne as director of the New Schools Network

Revealed: Where Covid learning loss has hit hardest

Pupils eligible for free school meals have missed more lessons than their peers, new DfE data shows

‘Divisive’ to exclude support staff from £400 payment

Paying only teachers and lecturers for extra qualifications work ‘ignores’ the input of other staff, say heads

Exclusive: 10% more headteachers in union after Covid

‘Exhausted and stressed’ headteachers turn to unions in pandemic when guidance from DfE is 'in short supply'

Many secondary restraint policies ‘risk human rights’

One in three secondary schools does not have a policy that covers the analysis of restraint incidents, research shows

Williamson: School bubbles could be ‘lifted’ for summer

Education secretary says the DfE is considering ending bubbles in schools "as part of step 4" of Covid roadmap so "all children" can take part in "summer activities."

Primary schools ‘completely forgotten’ in Covid plans

Ways of avoiding pupil isolation discussed so far ‘would not work in primaries’, say leaders

Need to know: £400 payment for teacher ‘exam’ workload

Part-time teachers in Scotland can also receive full £400 payment for work assessing pupils at the ‘discretion’ of headteachers

Williamson working to ‘relax’ school Covid measures

Education secretary speaks out after Department for Education statistics reveal one in 20 pupils were off school for Covid-related reasons on Thursday

Sir Kevan: 10,000 schools need longer days immediately

Longer school day could have included tutoring so pupils not 'pulled out of lessons' says former recovery tsar Sir Kevan Collins

‘Intensification of Islamophobia’ in Scottish schools

Inquiry finds Islamophobia in schools is ‘particularly challenging’ and children are 'often excluded' from school life

Revealed: 7 key changes ex catch-up tsar wanted to make

Sir Kevan Collins told education select committee that schools need a 10-year-plan to recover from pandemic

Use of remote Oak Academy lessons soars by up to 249%

Take-up of online lessons increases as Covid disruption forces more pupils to stay off school

Banned: Teacher who asked pupil to be his girlfriend

The teacher claimed that there was a pause between the words 'girl' and 'friend'

Catch-up effort ‘a bit feeble’, says Sir Kevan Collins

Former government education recovery tsar, who resigned over lack of funding for his catch-up plan, warns of ‘blight’ to generation of pupils

Four-fold rise in Covid school absence in a fortnight

1 in 20 pupils off 'for Covid-related reasons', with significant increase in past two weeks

85% of Scotland’s teachers to be jabbed by next term

But plans are for mitigations, such as masks, in secondaries to remain in place in Scotland at the start of next school year

‘Covid cases in schools are veering out of control’

Schools are caught in a recurring Covid nightmare – which the government seems determined to ignore, says Dan Morrow

Change isolation rules ‘now’ not autumn, urges MAT boss

Changing rules for September is too late, says leader of academy chain with 3,000 pupils isolating at home