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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