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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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No minimum experience required for teacher mentors

Early Career Framework guidance does not specify experience needed to be a mentor – despite warning from review leader

Pay teachers a minimum of £30,000, say Lib Dems

Teacher pay is at forefront of the Liberal Democrat campaign launch for the 6 May Scottish Parliament election

GCSEs 2021: Will grading teachers ‘play by the rules’?

Williamson warned that teachers may overcompensate for 2020 grading parsimony if they feel their students lost out last year

‘Keep masks in schools until scientists say otherwise’

Union doesn’t want masks worn in schools until end of academic year but says there’s no data yet to say it’s safe to remove them

GCSEs 2021: ‘Wild West chaos’ among 5 grading fears

Influential committee of MPs writes to Gavin Williamson outlining major concerns about this year's GCSEs and A levels

GCSEs 2021: Teachers to be ‘lambasted’ over grading

‘Entirely unethical’ for government to be ‘hiding behind’ teachers, who will take blame for A-level and GCSE grade inflation, warns NEU

Covid plays role in ‘unexpectedly large’ NEU surplus

Union reports £5.4m cash surplus – instead of a predicted deficit – thanks to membership rise and Covid-related savings

Exclusive: NEU’s ‘early exit’ from Edenred perks deal

Union to end contract in which controversial free school meal vouchers provider runs 'exclusive package' for members

Warning more schools could close due to false positives

Academic says review of data shows lateral flow tests only correctly identify 58 per cent of asymptomatic cases

SEND: Schools ‘forced to pick up pieces’ during Covid

Some pupils refused school places on the basis of risk assessments conducted without their family's input, says MPs

‘Slow’ attainment gap progress dominates FMQs

Tory leader Ruth Davidson also criticises education secretary's 'catch-up' comments during First Minister's Questions

GCSEs 2021: ‘Inappropriate’ private tutor help warning

Work used as evidence for A-level and GCSE grades that does not seem 'authentic' will be investigated by exam boards

DfE criticised for promoting debunked learning styles

Newsletter citing visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning styles mocked by DfE's own behaviour tsar

GCSEs: Guard teachers from grades pressure, says Ofqual

Schools told to protect teachers from students, parents or carers asking for grades 'higher than the evidence supports'

GCSEs 2021: No change in grades standard, teachers told

Teachers should award GCSE and A-level grades in 2021 based on the same standard as previous years, Ofqual confirms

Swinney ‘nervous’ about ‘concept of catch-up’

Pupils have ‘actually learned a great deal' during the Covid lockdown, says Scotland’s education secretary

Are these education’s priorities for next five years?

Education committee sets out to-do list as Scottish Parliament five-year session closes before 6 May election

Secondaries ‘completely reject’ school-based appeals

Headteachers also accuse SQA of posing leading questions in appeals consultation due to end on Friday

Increase testing as GCSEs ‘fallback’, says exam board

More testing would provide evidence in case students are unable to sit an exam, says Cambridge Assessment director

Call for National Tutoring Programme public inquiry

Organisation whose UK tutoring consortium was rejected from government Covid catch-up scheme urges investigation

Education is my ‘biggest priority’, says PM

Sector has suffered an 'absolutely unimaginable year' because of the pandemic, Boris Johnson said tonight

Teachers and pupils told to Covid test in Easter break

Staff and students will also need to take a rapid Covid test before returning for the summer term

Covid catch-up plans ‘barely scratch the surface’

Government catch-up policies are insufficient to tackle scale of pupils' learning loss, says Labour's Kate Green

Deal with school ‘rape culture’ firmly, says Ofsted

MPs ask watchdog about recent allegations of sexual harassment and abuse at independent schools