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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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Poll suggests 81% of North East schools not using National Tutoring Programme and 31% of those that do may not continue

#BackToSchool advertising campaign aims to reassure

Radio and social media adverts booked by government as poll finds 27% of public oppose 8 March school openings

IGCSEs 2021: Tens of thousands demand exam cancellation

International students say cancelling IGCSE and IA-level exams in the UK but going ahead with them overseas is unfair

International Baccalaureate ‘algorithm defies logic’

Head compares IB's approach of using historical data to allocate grades to the flawed GCSE algorithm of 2020

Scottish teachers not prioritised for Covid vaccines

Scotland and England target age groups for Covid vaccination, deciding against fast-tracking teachers

Exclusive: Fears teachers will be ‘vilified’ over GCSEs

The 'whole burden of last year’s fiasco' is being placed 'on an unsuspecting workforce', warns Chartered College chief

One in 10 places on secondary teaching courses unfilled

But some subjects exceeded student-teacher recruitment targets in Scotland – as did primary-teaching courses

Exams 2021: DfE won’t regulate to stop overseas exams

DfE says it will not prohibit exam boards from setting exams overseas – although most have been cancelled already

GCSEs 2021 a terrible tangle, says DfE’s Ofqual adviser

Sir Jon Coles, who advised Ofqual on 2021 GCSEs and A levels, says the plan risks an outcome 'much worse than last year'

GCSEs 2021: Questions may come from defunct exam papers

GCSE and A-level students could sit questions from pre-reform exam specifications because of a lack of past papers

Exclusive: DfE won’t say where catch-up cash came from

DfE doesn't rule out the possibility that Covid recovery cash has been drawn from existing education budgets

GCSEs 2021: Grading won’t be pegged to any other year

Tethering 2021 GCSE and A level results to a certain year would 'probably entail the use of some form of algorithm' says Williamson

GCSEs and A levels 2021: Coursework to go unmoderated

Coursework marking will not be moderated by boards, despite 55% of Ofqual consultation responses arguing it should be

GCSEs 2021: No minimum requirement for content studied

A-level and GCSE students will not have to have covered a minimum percentage of the syllabus to get grades this year

‘SQA has been dumbing down languages exams for years’

‘Ditching’ speech at Advanced Higher is latest poor decision in languages assessment, says this teacher

GCSEs 2021: ‘Excessive grade inflation’ warning

Warning of 'inconsistencies' with proposed GCSE and A-level grading approach, and 'extremely high' levels of grade inflation

GCSEs 2021: Teachers relieved of appeals burden

Ofqual and DfE had proposed that teachers would handle GCSE and A-level appeals this year. But exam boards will deal with most of them

GCSEs 2021: Teacher-assessed grades get green light

GCSE and A-level students to get results in early August with an exam series in autumn for those unhappy with the grades

Schools ‘able to pay’ teachers for summer catch-up work

Education secretary says summer schools will be run by existing school staff

Longer school day ‘not part’ of DfE’s catch-up plan

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Ofsted ‘pauses’ remote inspections for school return

No Ofsted inspections in the week commencing 8 March as schools and colleges focus on reopening to all pupils

Williamson ‘struggles to pinpoint’ catch-up cash reach

Education secretary expects 'considerable expansion' to 120,000 helped by tutors, but fails to say how many will benefit

More school time may have cut learning loss by half

DfE report shows pupils returning to school last June had less reading loss than those who continued learning remotely

Schools need to share SEND post-16 options, says report

Over half of parents tell Natspec that discussions about post-16 options came too late and almost a third says that they were never encouraged to think about post-16 options