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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 trainers’ Covid cash cut by a third

Trainees not on track to qualify by summer can extend courses into next year – but financial help for providers is cut

Football star to miss matches because of school ‘exams’

Manager says 16-year-old will be doing exams – despite SQA insistence that there should be no exams

Exclusive: £121m for Institute of Teaching over 6 years

DfE seeking bidders for Institute to train 1,000 new teachers a year – but trainers question 'value' of the scheme

Private schools should be ‘phased out’, says report

There is 'no place for private schools' in a country that sees education as 'a public good', report argues

Schools to fight Covid ‘misery’ with national arts fest

Schools urged to fill social media with paintings, drawings, poems, music, dance and drama for new festival

‘Up to £15bn needed’ for Covid catch-up

Call for Sir Kevan Collins' work as recovery commissioner to be backed up by 'much larger' government funding levels

Schools ‘can be weapons against poverty’

Anti-poverty work in schools should be based on human rights and empowering pupils, not charity, says report

‘60 days to go’: Anxious teachers count down to summer

Teachers report sleepless nights before the start of the final term of the 'toughest' school year ever

Primary schools ‘kept guessing’ over £320m PE fund

Headteachers say DfE’s ‘non-committal’ response on whether sports fund will continue next year is ‘badly judged’

GCSEs: Fears of private school ‘minority’ subject cuts

EXCLUSIVE: Warning Covid recession may mean private schools cutting A levels and GCSEs in subjects like Mandarin

How Covid is changing Ofsted inspections: 7 key points

The watchdog is changing the way it inspects schools to take account of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic

Academies Enterprise Trust appoints new leader

Former regional schools commissioner will take over from Julian Drinkall at the multi-academy trust

Ofsted: No ‘inadequate’ rating if Covid caused failings

Watchdog announces that schools will not be graded as 'inadequate' if their problems have been solely caused by Covid

Pupil ban on Ampleforth lifted despite Ofsted concerns

DfE lifts restrictions stopping top private school from taking on new pupils as inspection reveals safeguarding concerns

Banned: Teacher who sexually abused children

A teacher convicted of sexual offences against primary pupils has been banned permanently from the profession

Scottish election 2021: Tories’ manifesto for education

The Conservatives want to keep exams and introduce a national Covid 'catch-up' tutoring scheme

£750K scheme to target ‘sexual bullying’ in schools

Government plans bullying crackdown as Ofsted investigates concerns of a 'rape culture' in schools

Biggest-ever pupil survey launches today

Children's commissioner and the footballer Marcus Rashford launch survey to ask children what barriers they face

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Baseline 2021: 64% primary leaders want to scrap tests

Heads and teachers urged to sign open letter to Gavin Williamson calling for cancellation of new Reception Baseline Assessment

‘Heads coped on adrenaline but will fall by wayside’

Union says it has been flooded with enquiries about early retirement options once schools are past the worst of Covid

Scottish election 2021: Lib Dem manifesto for education

The Liberal Democrats want play-based education until age 7 and for teachers to earn at least £30,000 a year

Exclusive: DfE’s valuation of ‘stealth’ cut kept secret

DfE won't reveal its estimate of its savings from cutting school pupil premium funding for the poorest, in case of 'harm' to its reputation

‘Most primary schools ‘don’t offer collective worship’

In a poll, 1,400 teachers reveal how their schools are in breach of DfE 'duty' to provide daily collective worship

A levels ‘should be replaced with baccalaureate system’

In response to a new report, heads' leader says the 'narrowness and snobbery' of curriculum needs to be addressed