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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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Half of pupils won’t tell teachers mental health fears

Younger children less likely to speak to a member of school staff about their mental health worries, survey reveals

Oak Academy: new online lessons for trainees to observe

Trainee teachers whose practical experience has been disrupted by Covid can now use online lessons to explore planning and pedagogy with experts

35 universities threaten to withdraw teacher training

Warning that 10K initial teacher training places – third of current provision – could go if DfE introduces short-term contracts

Teachers asked to Covid contact trace over Easter break

DfE says school and college staff need to be available for contact tracing in the first six days of the Easter holidays

Exclusive: 7 academy leaders now paid more than £250K

High-profile academy chains and a single-school trust account for some of the country's highest-paid leaders

Harris spends £750K on the wages of its top two earners

Academy chain now has two people earning more than £300K, including a chief executive earning between £455K and £460K

Revealed: Salaries of our biggest academy chain chiefs

Table shows what the leaders of some of the largest multi-academy trusts in the country were paid in 2019-20

Put wellbeing above academic progress, say most parents

Two-thirds of parents believe their child's wellbeing is now more important than academic attainment, poll shows

How a school project evolved into a top edtech company

In 2006 two Scottish teenagers created a room-booking system for their school that went on to have huge success

Exclusive: Ofsted chief Spielman wants more time in job

91¶¶Òõ understands head of Ofsted is likely to seek extension to her five-year term to give her reforms time to bed in

Rethink of 6 week summer break ‘legitimate’, say heads

Academic year was built on 'agrarian calendar and work patterns that now don't apply', says school leaders' union

Are ‘soggy’ masks making classrooms safer, ask heads

School leaders question whether students wearing unwashed masks are protecting schools from Covid

Sturgeon: Return of pupils to go ahead from Monday

First minister says there are ‘real grounds for optimism’ as she confirms the next stage of opening up schools

Teachers’ six-day strike over pensions

Private school staff walk out over Wycliffe College's withdrawal from the Teachers' Pension Scheme

Swinney under fire after second no-confidence vote

Education secretary this time faced a no-confidence vote over his role as deputy first minister

GCSEs 2021: How to give fair teacher-assessed grades

Unconscious bias risks variation in teacher-assessed grades – so we must work together for fairness, says Chris Eyre

Call for deprived areas to develop home-grown teachers

The government's 'tunnel vision' on education is failing disadvantaged communities, the shadow schools minister will warn today

Spielman: Don’t ‘skid across everything’ to catch up

Ofsted chief inspector says schools face 'tough choices' on lost-learning teaching post Covid

‘Insufficient’ focus on school ventilation, say experts

DfE recommendations on keeping schools Covid-secure are only 'helpful up to a point', scientists warn

Exclusive: Hit on pupil premium ‘offsets’ catch-up cash

DfE 'attack' on pupil premium 'more than offsets' catch-up cash, 15 local authorities tell education secretary

MSPs demand more time in school for secondary students

Scotland's first minister criticised over the limited return to school buildings for secondary students next week

No MFL bursary boost despite teacher shortage

DfE won't reverse 'dramatic cuts' to bursaries – even after MFL teachers were placed on shortage occupations list

MAT spent £2.3m on severance and redundancy payouts

One individual was paid £32,000 in major restructuring at Academies Enterprise Trust, accounts reveal

GCSEs 2021: Language teachers upset at DfE ‘blind spot’

Teachers of ‘community languages’ in supplementary schools not allowed to award grades for second year running