DfE urged to delay ending funding of popular programme so that hundreds of students can complete their courses• Axing the Latin excellence scheme: a classic mistakeState school pupils taking GCSE Latin may be forced to drop...
Read MoreAbout 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion – yet are unable to study their mother tongueUkraine is lobbying the UK government to give teenage refugees who fled the war-torn country the chance to...
Read MoreNew GCSE was announced under previous government in 2022 but now ‘sitting in limbo’, says Mary Colwell, one of its architects The natural history GCSE has been shelved because it is “seen as a Conservative...
Read MoreExclusive: Education secretary to tell schools in England pupils need sense of belonging, as attendance declines Top exam grades will not transform children into happy and healthy adults, the education secretary will say,...
Read MoreThen education secretary faced repeated calls to resign over school and exam procedures during pandemicA former education secretary widely derided for his leadership of the department during the pandemic will face a grilling by...
Read MoreResults show wide regional variations across England, while share of top grades in Wales and Northern Ireland dropsThe aftermath of the Covid pandemic has been squeezed out of GCSE results as 16-year-olds received grades more...
Read MoreResults show wide variations across England, while share of top grades in Wales and Northern Ireland dropsGCSE results day – latest updatesThe aftermath of the Covid pandemic has been squeezed out of GCSE results in...
Read MorePupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to get marks which could open the way to sixth form or collegePrime Minister Keir Starmer is congratulating GCSE students on their “incredible job”.He wrote on X:...
Read MoreStudy finds serious impact on life chances and mental health of young people amid calls to reassess resits policy in EnglandThe government has been urged to reassess what a social mobility expert has called the “national...
Read MoreProportion of top grades is best outside pandemic but results in Wales and Northern Ireland fall compared with last yearA-level results – live updatesSixth-formers in England are enjoying a bumper crop of top A-level...
Read MoreStudy shows fewer students in England combining humanities such as history or music with sciences or mathsA-level students in England have increasingly dropped humanities and arts subjects in favour of a narrower range of...
Read MoreBridget Phillipson says she is determined to reduce attainment gap as teenagers anticipate A-level resultsThe education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has warned of “massive” inequality in England’s education...
Read More
Kyiv ‘must be at the heart of negotiations’ says
Ukraine’s lithium deposits are among biggest in Europe and
The pontiff is in hospital for a complex lung
Emmanuel Macron says attack is ‘without any doubt act
Prosecutors in England and Wales are failing to obtain
Ceasefire in jeopardy as Israel waits for meeting of
Five-year-old platform intended to make drivers’ lives easier will
Hamas says six captives expected to be freed from
In speech at Arc conference, podcaster argues ‘identity politics
Ex-children’s commissioner welcomes crackdown on use of children for