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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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How to make teacher pay go further in a recession

A pay freeze doesn’t make things easy – so it helps to think about what you do with your money, says Callum Jacobs

Call to end academy bosses’ ‘obscene, eye-watering’ pay

New NASUWT president says public money must be protected from the ‘worst excesses’ of 'Wild West' deregulated education

‘No justification’ for academy pay secrecy

The DfE must stop 'hiding the reality of excessive leadership pay in the academy sector', says the NASUWT union

Teacher victim of pupil assault gets £155K compensation

Payout is part of £11.7m compensation secured by NASUWT for school staff for issues such as bullying and harassment

Teachers are in no state to fulfil election promises

As election campaigns go into full throttle, politicians continue to play to the gallery of parents while neglecting staff wellbeing

PISA chief: Pandemic has shown vulnerability of exams

Abrupt cancellations of exams in England shows risk of a single exam approach, Pisa chief Andreas Schleicher has said

Greens to call for overhaul of school inspection system

They want external school inspections to be replaced by a peer-review system led by teachers

Scottish teacher pay offer ‘completely inadequate’

The deal would result in a 1 per cent pay settlement ‘for the majority of teachers’, says EIS teaching union

Fears that pandemic workload is leading to teacher anxiety

NASUWT delegates to debate mental health problems being 'exacerbated' by 'unmanageable workloads' during the Covid crisis

Teaching assistants ‘are the unsung heroes of Covid’

New research shines a light on how teaching assistants stepped up to keep schools functioning during the winter lockdown

Tech trends changing international education

Throughout the pandemic, international schools turned to technology to adapt to the situation as it unfolded. Dan Worth finds out which of these innovations is likely to last long into the future

Covid jabs for pupils suggested by government adviser

Vaccinating pupils could guard against further disruption to their education, says expert

Exclusive: Catch-up ‘could trigger teacher burnout’

'Sustainable approach' needed for catch-up or else schools could 'lose valuable teachers', union leader warns

Race and Ethnic Disparities: What teachers need to know

School resources should be politically neutral, says report

Government launches review into school sexual abuse

Ofsted will investigate safeguarding policies in both state and independent schools, DfE says

Teaching ‘should focus on UK influence during empire’

Report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities will be 'seen by many as an insult', warn headteachers

Discouraging pupils from reporting abuse ‘a disgrace’

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry hears from the head of a boarding school for armed services families

Primary baseline tests to go ahead in September

Schools minister promises to ensure schools 'overall workload demands are managed' as controversial new assessment goes ahead

‘Rape culture’: Children’s tsar wants Ofsted ‘focus’

Dame Rachel de Souza also says there are 'questions to be asked' about Ofsted monitoring private school safeguarding

Exclusion of looked-after pupils ‘to end by 2024’

New care review plan says Scottish schools must 'know and cherish' their care-experienced pupils

Schools plan self-defence and uniform changes for girls

Changes come after the death of Sarah Everard and allegations of a 'rape culture' in a number of private schools

Revealed: New NPQ school leadership training providers

Chosen providers will deliver reformed national professional qualifications from September 2021

Lack of edtech data on helping pupils with disabilities

Evidence review also reveals that many teachers need training on how to use new education technology

Revealed: How online GCSE trials have already begun

All three major exam boards are conducting research working towards a move to online exams, 91¶¶Òõ can reveal