Speaking to Schools Week, Sir Ian Bauckham said the figures showed a “small switch of about 10,000 students from triple science to double science. I don’t know what that indicates.

Despite having the lowest proportion of top grades, double science award has seen one of the largest boosts in top grades ...

Standing at 23 per cent, the share of grade 7s and above is 5.5 per cent higher than in 2019 (21.8 per cent). The proportion ...

The results, like last week’s A-levels, also continue to show entrenched regional disparities. According to Ofqual data, the ...

In most years, Progress 8 helps to balance the story. By capturing the value schools add between Year 7 and Year 11, it gives ...

Currently in charge of Pontefract Academies Trust, Julian Appleyard was due to take over the running of the David Ross Education Trust (DRET) in 2026. Stuart Burns, DRET’s outgoing chief executive, is ...

The government has announced it will invest £70 million into expanding cadet forces, pledging to increase capacity by 30 per ...

Their words echo my own frustrations: one examiner described being “more demotivated to mark to the best of my ability ...

A former education secretary and ex-children’s commissioner are among members of a taskforce on how to reform the “broken” ...

Bridget Phillipson today said schools “can help ease the pressure on families right now by reducing the number of branded ...

Former schools minister Nick Gibb has said academisation was often just an “expensive process of rebadging”, and admitted it ...

Schools in the north east had the highest absence rate in England in the 2024-25 autumn term at 6.86 per cent, compared to ...