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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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GCSEs 2022: Ofqual undecided on ‘full-fat exams’ return

'Some easement' might be needed to take learning loss into account when exams return,' says Ofqual chief

Sarwar accepts criticism over private school policy

Labour leader asked how stance on independent schools squares with education of his own children

Exclusive: Quarter of Covid fund is recycled DfE cash

Using repurposed money to address Covid crisis is 'completely inadequate to the scale of the challenge', warns union

GCSEs 2021: How Ofqual will police schools’ grading

Exam boards could ask for more evidence of students' work where they have 'serious concerns' about a school's grading

Scottish election 2021: Labour manifesto for education

Labour aims to protect new teachers and boost academic recovery from the pandemic with tutoring plan

Revealed: Where £10m DfE school behaviour cash is going

Seven behaviour experts will cost DfE £1 million over the course of controversial three-year scheme

‘Train teachers to constructively challenge authority’

Scottish education is ‘coasting’ and it is time for ‘greatly increased’ school autonomy, says think tank

‘Investigate serious flaws in England’s Pisa data’

Exclusive: Letter from leading expert calls on statistics watchdog probe into claim UK Pisa data 'biases' were not investigated

Low achievers ‘excluded’ from England’s Pisa data

'Serious flaws' in England's data undermines claims influential global ranking is 'truly representative', warns expert

Concerns over ‘potential bias’ in Scottish Pisa results

Academic calls for more analysis of Scottish Pisa data after finding rise in lower achievers withdrawn from tests

News briefing: What the catch-up tsar wants for schools

From 'billions' in funding to handpicked tutors – all we learned from the recovery commissioner's talk at today's Schools North East event

‘Imperative’ to compensate for Erasmus loss

Erasmus played ‘massively important role’ in creating confident languages teachers, warn linguists

Scottish election 2021: Alba’s manifesto for education

Alba is promising a ‘bonfire of paperwork so teachers can teach’ and a broadening of the curriculum

I’m here to ‘stop bad things happening’, says Collins

Catch-up tsar says some people will accuse him of making 'a disaster' of things but that his 'bigger challenge' is securing resources

Schools could get more control over catch-up tutoring

Government catch-up tsar wants to give schools freedom to pick their own 'verified and qualified' tutors, unlike National Tutoring Programme system

GCSEs 2021: Schools have no ‘discretion’ over appeals

Students have an automatic right to appeal to exam boards, according to new Ofqual guidance

Catch-up tsar: Asking teachers to do more has a price

Catch-up funding must be 'in the billions', says recovery commissioner Sir Kevan Collins as he talks of 'extending' the 'educational experience'

A levels: Ucas backs move to post-qualification offers

But pushing start of university year back to January would be 'step too far', says Ucas director of strategy

Ofsted: Schools ‘behind’ on curriculum during pandemic

Watchdog found 'more work' needed on curriculum planning in certain subjects during spring term visits

A-level exams could be sat earlier, says biggest board

AQA exam board backing post-qualification university admissions in new model with 'small' changes to timings it says will benefit students

Pioneering teacher inspires new equality award

Nominations invited for teachers who have 'gone above and beyond' in fighting for equality and diversity

Parents withdraw pupils from school mental health help

Families opting out of government scheme due to 'stigma', pilot school warns

Shielding pupils to return to Scottish schools

School buildings in Scotland are at their busiest since before Christmas – and now shielding pupils are to return

Revealed: The 8 lead schools for teacher flexi working

DfE unveils eight schools and trusts to lead its drive to promote flexible working to keep teachers in the profession