GCSE results 2024: Ofqual’s Ian Bauckham answers our questions Ofqual chief speaks about rising top grades, changes to French and German grading and the regulator’s wider work
Bauckham: Assessment review should ‘look at’ GCSE re-sits policy Ofqual chief says policy requiring pupils without a grade 4 to re-take English and maths should form part of Labour review
GCSEs 2024: Top grades up 1% as results ‘settle back’ post-Covid But education secretary warns of ‘unacceptable, entrenched regional disparities’
Teacher appraisal guidance: What you need to know The process should be supportive, reduce workload and discuss working hours
SEND system ‘very likely’ to become unsustainable, warns DfE Risk that councils’ financial challenges will impede essential support services now ‘critical’
Teacher pay 2024: Everything you need to know Is it really ‘fully funded’? Can schools afford it? And what else has been announced?
Reeves accepts 5.5% teacher pay recommendation DfE confirms it will hand schools £1.2bn to help pay for staff rises, but they’ll have to contribute £600m of their own cash
Starmer adviser Peter Hyman won’t join Downing Street team School founder and former Blair speechwriter had played key role in drawing up PM’s core ‘missions’
Curriculum review must avoid ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ – Barran Ex-minister invokes Gove as she says curriculum review should ‘scale best practice’