Secondary

Yesterday

30th Jan 2026

White disadvantaged girls see sharpest drop at GCSE
Leaders call for the government to set out targeted action amid fears that girls are being overlooked in the drive to improve white working-class pupils’ outcomes
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Feeling ‘in control’ helps students make stronger reading progress
Researchers find a notable decline in students’ sense of control over their academic outcomes as they progress through key stage 3
Pupil reading

Tuesday

27th Jan 2026

GCSE reading lists ‘will take decades’ to reflect UK diversity
Teachers need more support to introduce texts to the classroom that provide GCSE English literature students with a more diverse choice, warns report
GCSE English reading lists slow to reflect UK diversity

Monday

26th Jan 2026

DfE to trial AI tutoring tools in schools this year
The government’s planned AI tutoring programme promises targeted support for disadvantaged students, which the DfE insists will ‘complement’ the work of teachers
AI tutoring tool

Friday

23rd Jan 2026

The supply of secondary teachers ‘will fall after next year’
The pipeline of new secondary teachers will increase in the short term but drop off in 2027-28 and beyond, NFER analysis suggests
Secondary teacher supply to fall after next year, forecast suggests

Monday

19th Jan 2026

Inspired Education shuffles UK leadership team
Ashley Harrold will head up UK operations, while former Gumtree CEO will take over the Online Schools division
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Thursday

15th Jan 2026

Cambridge International issues November IGCSE and O-level results
112,000 students in 128 countries received results today in the latest international exams results day for Southern Hemisphere students
Students with exam results

Friday

9th Jan 2026

Cambridge International issues November A-level results
Almost 100,000 students in over 100 countries have received AS- and A-level results, with IGCSE and O-level results due to be released next week
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Thursday

8th Jan 2026

SQA appeals rise: more than one in 10 Higher results queried
Some 12 per cent of Higher grades were appealed after the 2025 Scottish Qualifications Authority exams – with 6 per cent of appeals resulting in an improved grade
SQA appeals rise, with more than one in 10 Higher results queried

Wednesday

10th Dec 2025

Predicted grades match results for less than half of KS4 students
But average grades match results ‘quite closely’ across subject cohorts as a whole, FFT analysis also shows
Predicted grades match results for less than half of KS4 students

Thursday

4th Dec 2025

Oracy opportunities and confidence decline in KS3, report finds
National Literacy Trust report also finds that expressing feelings becomes more difficult in the early part of secondary school
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Monday

1st Dec 2025

Over a quarter of students ‘not very motivated’ to learn, DfE finds
Just under seven in 10 secondary students surveyed said they felt they belonged in school, prompting concerns about impact on life after school
Demotivated pupil