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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: Generous grades ‘logical and justifiable’
But generosity of teacher-assessed 2020 A-level and GCSE grading should not be carried forward, warns exam board
Exclusive: Schools probe on teacher trainee engagement
Government was previously advised to consider if there is 'value' in 'mandating' schools to take trainees
SNP manifesto blunder over contact time creates a stir
Apparent SNP pledge to reduce contact time by 90 minutes per day turns out to be an error – the party meant per week
Teachers must tell pupils not to send intimate photos
Former minister says students need to be told in "newly mandatory sex and relationships education” that “they cannot do this”
Bring back principal Stem teachers, say Lib Dems
A return of principal teachers is part of the Liberal Democrats' plans to boost Stem education in Scotland
‘Flood’ of new teachers ‘a risk’, warns DfE adviser
But recruiting surplus teachers could pay off if aligned with Covid catch-up plans, says member of ITT review group
‘Angry and worried’ teachers on strike over pensions
Staff at two independent schools are on strike today over plans to withdraw them from the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme
Scottish election 2021: SNP manifesto for education
Ahead of the 6 May election, the SNP pledges to reform exams and give teachers more power
Call for inquiry into teacher Covid infections
'Proper investment' needed from government to make schools 'safe' in the future, says medical expert
Put £10m behaviour pot into mental health, say teachers
Teachers’ leader backs call to spend £10m DfE behaviour hub programme fund on mental health counsellors instead
Free early years education from age 1 promised by SNP
Election pledge involves the extension of free early years education and 'wraparound' childcare all year round
Schools could be ‘investigated’ over daily worship duty
Schools minister says all schools are required to ensure a collective act of worship takes place every day
Scottish election 2021: Greens’ manifesto for education
Ahead of the election, the Greens pledge to reform national education bodies such as the SQA and give teachers autonomy
Music tuition will be free to all pupils, SNP promises
Music tuition manifesto promise made amid concerns about the postcode lottery and the impact of Covid
Academies latest: 13 key points teachers need to know
From Ofsted and Covid to 'tightened' academy regulation, here are the highlights from today's education committee meeting
SQA: ‘No requirement to replicate full formal exams’
SQA insists that there should not be 'one-off, high-stakes' assessments this year after exams were cancelled
Cressida Cowell: We must save the ‘magic’ of libraries
Children's laureate Cressida Cowell tells 91 about her campaign to secure extra funding for primary school libraries
Banned: Teacher who changed students’ coursework
Teacher who admitted altering his students' coursework before submitting it to exam board is banned from profession
Exclusive: Parents’ view of home-schooling revealed
Poll shows positive picture for most parents – but poorer families and those with more children more likely to struggle
Academy conversion backlog of failed schools cut by 62%
Regional schools commissioner 'really hopeful' sponsor has been found for school waiting 10 years to become an academy
Laptops target still unmet a month after pupils’ return
The DfE is still more than 4,000 devices short on delivering its target of free laptops for disadvantaged pupils
SNP to promise more help with cost of school day
Party will promise help with practical subject costs, school trips and school uniform
Warning of ‘vast inequality’ in school libraries
Government must put primary libraries 'at the heart' of Covid recovery, says children's laureate
Profile: ‘Prep schools aren’t Hogwarts - we innovate’
Prep schools’ leader Chris King tells 91 why mobile phones should be used by teachers, how bursaries may ‘take a knock’, and what happened when he met the Duke of Edinburgh