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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: Delay baseline tests until 2022, say peers
Lords committee calls for 'flexibility' for schools to postpone the introduction of baseline assessment to spring term
Clear scientific advice ‘needed to end school masks’
Lifting of the requirement for face masks in secondary schools should be guided by science, warn headteachers
‘Some exam papers are already on TikTok’
Scottish teachers say the exam replacement system is ‘a shambles’ – but those behind it say no one has come up with a better model
Half of SEND inspections find ‘significant weaknesses’
And less than half of areas revisited by watchdog were making 'sufficient progress' in addressing all major issues, figures reveal
School mask rule set to end despite teacher opposition
Prime minister expected to make announcement on removing requirement in secondary schools next week
GCSEs 2021: Don’t ‘test, test, test’, teachers told
Exclusive: Ofqual chair Ian Bauckham says grade submission was delayed to late June to allow for more teaching time
GCSEs 2022: ‘Teachers need to know changes by autumn’
Exclusive: Teachers will be notified of significant changes to exams in 2022 by this September, says Ofqual chair
Ofsted plan to hit 90% MFL target is ‘unrealistic’
School leaders say primaries and secondaries working more closely on languages won't be enough to meet EBacc target
GCSEs 2021: Heads ‘anxious’ over summer appeal workload
‘A great deal of additional work’ around grade appeals could fall on schools during summer holidays, heads' union warns
Academy trust wins court battle on student mask-wearing
Judge rejects 12-year-old schoolgirl's case on the basis that she was exempt from wearing a face covering at school
Exclusive: Fears over quality of teacher catch-up aids
DfE warned that its £15m procurement process may 'discriminate' and risks harming the quality of resources
GCSEs: Pay us for ‘horrendous’ grade work, say teachers
Exclusive: Union says teachers in England deserve £400 'token' for grading and moderation – the same as in Scotland
Don’t ‘risk progress’ on Covid in schools, warn heads
Covid restrictions shouldn't be lifted too quickly, warns heads' leader after data shows rise in pupils self-isolating
Scottish election 2021: The parties’ education pledges
As voters prepare to go to the polls tomorrow, we round up the parties' key promises on education
School counsellor target ‘was missed then hidden’
Figures show that by December just 215 of 350 counsellors promised to secondary schools had been recruited
Covid school absences nearly double in a week
But the number of pupils off school for Covid-related reasons is much lower than the March peak, DfE figures show
Covid catch-up: What will summer schools look like?
Funding is now available for summer schools, but how will leaders be organising them? Grainne Hallahan finds out
GCSEs 2021: Heads condemn autumn exams plan
School leaders warn that the autumn exam series for GCSEs and A levels 'creates more problems than it solves'
Big increase in teachers signed off with stress
Union leaders warn that the Covid pandemic has 'exacerbated' the pressure on school staff
Is it fair for only some students to sit exams?
Schools starting International GCSE and A-level exams have concerns over fairness and Covid disruption, says Liz Cloke
Inspectors examine council plans for grading students
The review will involve councils and ‘a selection of secondary schools’ and is expected to report mid-May
GCSEs 2021: Autumn exams offered for all subjects
Autumn series to go ahead, but no adaptations will be made to exam papers to account for learning loss
Nursery schools ‘pushed to the brink’, heads warn
More than a third of maintained nursery schools are cutting staff and services due to lost income and extra Covid costs