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 Ofqual promised a ‘midway point’
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 new PM to ‘stay the course’
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
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
A-level results 2022: 6 key trends in England鈥檚 data What did we learn from data on the first summer exams since 2019?
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 than in last formal exams
Auditors assess ‘value for money’ of tutoring programme The National Audit Office is looking into the government’s handling of education recovery
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
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 鈥榤uddy water鈥�