Exams

GCSE results 2022: Only 9 per cent drop in top grades

The fall in top GCSE grades takes results only a third of the way back to 2019 levels, when...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Teacher training

DfE hopes snubbed teacher trainers will help plug ‘cold spots’

Senior aide Will Bickford Smith says there's a 'good story' to tell about government teacher training reforms, and urges...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Prioritising poorer pupils for university is not ‘social engineering’

The odds of getting a university place remain heavily stacked against the poorest in society, one sector leader writes

Freddie Whittaker
Nick Brook
T-levels

T-level results 2022: A third achieve top grades but digital proves toughest subject

The first ever cohort of T-level students are receiving their results today

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
A-level results 2022

A-level results 2022: 6 key trends in England’s data

What did we learn from data on the first summer exams since 2019?

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
A-level results 2022

A-level results 2022: Top grades drop 19% but remain higher than 2019

As planned, proportion of A* and A grades falls after bumper year in 2021, but pupils fare much better...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Tutoring

Auditors assess ‘value for money’ of tutoring programme

The National Audit Office is looking into the government's handling of education recovery

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Education funding now ‘less progressive’, warns IFS

'Levelling-up' under threat as demographic changes and policy decisions mean less extra funding is targeted at poorer pupils

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Schools can ignore trans pupils’ gender preference, claims attorney general

But heads say claims schools can ban trans pupils from toilets or wearing uniform of their chosen gender just...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker