A-level results 2024

A-level results 2024: A* grades rise by 8%

Top grades up slightly on last year – but huge rise in students getting three A*s

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Exams

Post-16 students studying narrower range of subjects, report finds

Decoupling AS and A-levels looks to have hit take-up for humanities while students ‘increasingly’ choosing from single subject group

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
School buildings

School condition data to be published for parents this year

But union warns against stigmatising schools in disrepair ‘through no fault of their own’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Schools

Paris Olympics 2024: Where did GB medallists go to school?

Privately-educated athletes remain ‘significantly over-represented’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Attendance

Absence gap for vulnerable children rises

Concerning analysis reveals most vulnerable pupils miss up to 4.4 more days of school than their peers

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Child poverty

Unions slam ‘devastating’ child homelessness rise

Headteachers warn insecure housing can impact children’s wellbeing, health and ability to concentrate in school

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey


Academies

Council loses court fight over falling rolls academy plan

High Court decision to throw out academisation decision means LA will ‘have to close high-performing school instead’

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Teacher strikes

Labour moves ahead with plans to bin ‘vindictive’ strike act

Union chiefs welcome move to scrap the controversial proposals amid hopes for a ‘reset’ to industrial relations

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
Teacher pay

NEU executive recommends members accept teacher pay offer

‘This is a significant first – but not last – step towards long-term correction in pay’ says union boss

Lucas Cumiskey
Lucas Cumiskey
BTECs

Phillipson defends ‘risible’ partial level 3 defunding pause

Pausing 2025 and 2026 defunding plans could prejudice DfE review, education secretary says

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Recruitment and retention

6 proposals to end ‘motherhood penalty’ and boost retention

Report calls for recruitment target for women heads and priority childcare places for teachers to halt exodus

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Recruitment and retention

Teacher appraisal guidance: What you need to know

The process should be supportive, reduce workload and discuss working hours

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker