Exams

Poorer pupils do better in more disadvantaged schools, report says

Researchers also find worst-performing areas for disadvantaged kids likely to have more poor white youngsters

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
News

New school cadet units planned as government confirms £70m expansion

Expansion will be a ‘balance’ between school and community-based units, minister tells Schools Week

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
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How Learner-Led Computing Promotes Student Engagement

For 15 years, Apps for Good has been championing digital education, empowering young people from all backgrounds – especially…

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SEND

Members of taskforce on ‘broken’ SEND system named

Former education secretary, children’s commissioner and trust leaders among members

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
News

Implement uniform branded item cap ‘right now’, Phillipson tells schools

DfE tells schools to ‘immediately’ limit branded items ‘ahead of the new term’

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
A-level results 2025

‘This is not about school quality’: how the north east fell behind

Calls for ‘urgent’ action to battle ‘entrenched divides’ as regional attainment gap grows again. Schools Week investigates

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson


Politics

Saqib Bhatti appointed Conservative shadow education minister

The key Vote Leave figure vows to ‘hold Labour to account for their damaging policies and empty promises’

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Schools

Influencers may be behind boom in career-focused subjects, says exams chief

Economics and business studies see rise in entrants as exam board boss suggests ‘entreprenurial’ students want to emulate social…

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
News

A-level results 2025: Which subjects had more top grades?

Which subjects had the most top grades? And which saw the biggest rises this year? Schools Week looks at…

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
News

T-level results 2025: Pass rate up and dropouts down

Proportion receiving top grades stays static

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
A-level results 2025

A-level results 2025: 8 key trends in England’s data

Your handy Schools Week round up of the key trends in this year’s A-level results

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
A-level results 2025

A-level results 2025: Top grades rise slightly again this year

Ofqual says results rise could be because this year’s cohort made ‘better post-16 choices’ – but regional gap grows

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter