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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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Almost 300 unregistered teachers in independent schools
Separate evidence suggests explanation could be 'eccentricities' in how teaching qualifications are recognised
Abolish ‘repressive’ schools uniforms, ministers told
Pupils should be free to 'find their own style', which is 'itself an important part of education', peer argues
Pushback against pressure on schools to handle appeals
EIS teaching union accuses the SQA of favouring appeals run by schools and colleges
Full SEND area Ofsted inspections to return from June
Watchdog will start revisiting areas where its last inspections sparked 'significant concerns' about SEND from April
Exclusive: GCSEs 2021 - huge learning loss revealed
Exam board study finds A-level and GCSE exam-year students in a third of schools have missed most of their courses
Investigation: ‘Come clean’ on funding gap, DfE told
91¶¶Òõ obtains councils' first details of missing pupil premium millions. But government still hasn't said how much poorest pupils will lose
‘Postcode lottery’ in SEND support, report reveals
Covid-19 crisis makes it more likely pupils with special needs are not being identified, a think-tank report warns
Academies ‘identifying fewer pupils with SEND’
Pupils twice as likely to be identified with special educational needs in maintained schools compared with academies
School PFI contract end may spark ‘serious disruption’
Government must prepare for end of hundreds of PFI contracts to avoid huge costs when buildings are handed back, say MPs
Average teacher pension drops by 10% since 2000
'Cuts to pension have gone too far,' union warns, as National Audit Office report reveals long-term cuts
Extremely vulnerable staff can return to work in April
Guidance for staff is updated as government pauses shielding
Teachers working in supermarkets ‘to make ends meet’
First minister under fire over the 'thousands and thousands of teachers' unable to find permanent work
Banned: Teacher who ‘invented’ assessment marks
A teacher has been banned for a minimum of three years after being found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct
GCSEs 2021 grade inflation ‘will be unsustainable’
Ofqual chair says rise in GCSE results this summer would erode value of qualifications if it was repeated year on year
GCSEs 2021: No ‘Weimar’ grade inflation, says Ofqual
Chief regulator Simon Lebus denies teacher A-level and GCSE grading this year will mean 'prizes for all'
GCSEs 2021: Don’t let parents sway grades teachers told
Ofqual chair tells heads that arriving at GCSE and A-level grades should not be a negotiation with students or their parents
‘Over-centralisation revealed as weakness’ in pandemic
Catch-up tsar says the Covid crisis has exposed both the 'limits of over-centralisation' but also the 'commitment' of teachers to their communities
Catch-up tsar not interested in ‘scattergun gimmicks’
Sir Kevan Collins says he is focused on doing 'a few things well' to support Covid recovery
Only 0.06% of school Covid tests positive last week
First statistics covering the week all pupils returned reveals 4.5m lateral flow tests taken in schools but less than 3,000 positive
England a world leader in teacher stress
More than two in three teachers in England report being stressed by school accountability measures compared to 45% global average
Call for ‘catch-up’ fund to tackle disrupted learning
Fund would pay for tutors and wellbeing workshops in a bid to equalise education opportunities, says children’s charity
Primaries’ catch-up cash ‘wiped out’ by funding shift
DfE change to pupil premium policy comes at 'exceptionally bad time', headteachers warn
Bill to end union ‘closed shop’ clears first hurdle
MPs back change in law to allow teachers to seek broader representation in legal hearings
Government laptop and internet fund fails to hit target
Drive to provide digital devices and internet connectivity for disadvantaged pupils has not had expected reach