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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 2021: Teachers mock ‘hilarious’ grade descriptors

How to get grade 9? Do everything for grade 8 but 'a bit better' – teachers take to social media to criticise new grade descriptors

‘Home-educated children were forgotten during lockdown’

Many wrongly assumed that lockdown was not as much of a blow to families who had always home educated, says Susan Ireland

Gavin Williamson: I trust teachers - so should parents

Exclusive: Education secretary Gavin Williamson writes for 91¶¶Òõ, expressing trust in teachers to deliver the right grades this summer

GCSEs 2021: We have tried to reduce burden on teachers

The head of the Joint Council for Qualifications outlines the thinking behind the approach to GCSE and A-level grading

Banned: Teacher who lied about having cancer

A teacher who falsified medical records can apply to review the ban in five years

Has school reopening pushed up Covid cases?

The latest data shows there has been a small increase in the percentage of positive cases among school-aged children

IA levels: Pupils may face wait to go to university

A positive Covid test could mean students are unable to sit any component of their course and may miss out on an assessed grade – and so have to wait an entire year to access higher education

GCSEs 2021: Teachers can base grades on oral assessment

Spoken assessments can be used for GCSE and A-level grades for students where other evidence is not available, exam boards say

91¶¶Òõ Independent School Awards 2021: the shortlist

The countdown to one of the biggest dates in the independent school calendar starts today

GCSEs 2021: Exam board grade guidance finally released

'Frustrated' heads concerned that teachers now have just 12 weeks to 'deliver and quality-assure' A-level and GCSE grades

Be ‘uninhibited’ but ‘respectful’, teachers told

Communities secretary says protests at a West Yorkshire school are 'not right' and that the DfE is 'liasing' with the school on the matter

Petition calls for SQA to end ‘exams in all but name’

Exam-like 'final assessments' described as an 'outrage', given supposed cancellation of exams in 2021

It can be done: Making the digital leap to online exams

Covid is bringing online GCSEs and A levels a step closer. Here we reveal the education systems that have already made the switch

Exclusive: DfE wanted to move 2021 GCSE exams online

Covid has sparked a DfE shift in attitude towards digital GCSEs and A levels that may mean the end of paper exams

91¶¶Òõ Independent School Awards 2021: the shortlist

It’s time to reveal the schools and projects that have been shortlisted for each category in the 91¶¶Òõ Independent School Awards 2021, the most hotly anticipated event in the education calendar. Champagne flutes at the ready…

Nearly half of teachers considered quitting this year

And eight out of 10 teachers describe themselves as stressed from working during the pandemic, poll shows

Heads supply may ‘collapse’ as under half recommend job

More than two-thirds of leaders are less content in their role than they were a year ago, report finds

‘Never acceptable to threaten teachers’, says DfE

Department for Education condemns behaviour of protesters after 'totally inappropriate' material shown to pupils during RE lesson

North East schools warn of £7m pupil premium shortfall

Providing extra funding with one hand while taking it away with another is not right, says Northern poverty commissioner

Teachers to decide on call for Ofsted to be abolished

Members of Britain’s largest teaching union will vote on motion to abolish schools inspectorate at conference next month

Scottish election 2021: The parties’ education policies

We look at the parties' education promises on the first day of campaigning as the country prepares to vote on 6 May

Child poverty was rising before Covid, figures show

Behind the latest data are children whose education is diminished and life chances cut short, warn campaigners

Revealed: Why schools didn’t get their laptops in time

Global supply constraints 'governed' the fact the DfE couldn't distribute devices as quickly as hoped, top civil servant says

Ex-teachers and TAs may be needed as catch-up tutors

Recruiting tutors for the National Tutoring Programme is a ‘challenge’ and teaching assistants and former teachers may be needed, admits DfE