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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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Exclusive: Teacher training providers may face DfE cull

Department for Educations's market review of initial teacher training could lead to a significant reduction of provider numbers, sources have revealed

Teachers can’t solve pupil porn problem alone, says DfE

Schools need support in tackling underage access to pornography Gavin Williamson writes in letter to children’s commissioner

Teachers ‘at risk’ as data on Indian variant ‘withheld’

Government must share data on spread of new Covid variant in schools 'immediately', says the NASUWT teachers' union

Extended school day opposed by 6 in 10 parents

News comes after 91¶¶Òõ revealed ministers weighing up compulsory half hour extension or voluntary 8am-6pm opening hours

Scottish education ‘on the verge of crisis’, says union

Teaching union president warns experienced teachers likely to ‘leave in droves’ amid Covid pressure

Half of teachers want remote working to stay post Covid

Research finding for Teach First comes as charity proposes reducing timetable for teachers in disadvantaged areas

Covid: Teachers say poor twice as likely to be behind

Teach First calls for 'reform as we recover' as survey finds 'deeply worrying' evidence of widening attainment gap

Exclusive: 8am-6pm extended school day on the table

Government said to be weighing up whether to opt for mandatory extra 30 min extension or to fund a longer, voluntary 8-6 school day

How a drone is helping children move up to ‘big school’

A secondary school student has created drone footage to help ease the transition for new starters during Covid

Teachers ‘suffering increasing parent abuse online’

During Covid teachers have come under increasing pressure to provide 24-hour support to families, says NASUWT

Legislation to end compulsory daily worship proposed

Requirement to carry out daily acts of worship 'simply not appropriate for diverse, multi-belief society', say humanists

Sturgeon: We won’t have another qualifications fiasco

First minister reveals she has been involved in discussions over the SQA qualifications process this week

Revealed: What teachers think of Ofsted inspections

Watchdog outlines the views of the first wave of schools to be assessed by its curriculum focussed inspection framework

Schools to be inspected on 2019 exams data, says Ofsted

Inspectors will look at 2019 assessments in future – but Ofsted admits this approach is not ideal

Exclusive: Ofqual questions comparability of 2022 GCSEs

'Calling a grade the same thing is potentially misleading' if you radically change the standard, Ofqual chair tells 91¶¶Òõ

Violence and abuse of teachers ‘becoming normalised’

Restorative behaviour approaches criticised by union, which says violence against teachers is often unchallenged

Schools’ pupil premium Covid ‘double whammy’

Councils estimate that the pupil premium funding change will leave a £118m 'black hole' in school budgets

Tories reveal new team of shadow education ministers

Leader Douglas Ross says his shadow cabinet will provide ‘Scotland’s real alternative to the SNP’

Boarding pupils failed by decades of ‘systemic failure’

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry hears that school housemasters ruled 'fiefdoms' without any oversight

Revealed: what parents really think about Ofsted

The watchdog has published its latest annual parents' survey. Here are the key findings

Exclusive: Ofsted’s Sean Harford to leave watchdog

High-profile national director of education is set to leave his role at the inspectorate at the end of August

‘End the scandal of temporary contracts in education’

Teaching union tells new education secretary that Covid recovery requires more teachers on permanent contracts

Schools’ handling of Covid backed by 90% of parents

Ofsted’s annual parents survey finds nine in ten think that their child’s school has handled the pandemic well

Teacher grading ‘influenced by students’ personality’

Students perceived as more 'agreeable or conscientious' may be awarded higher grades, study of teacher assessment finds