Secondary

The real differentiator between top-performing state schools and the rest is something policymakers won’t speak about – the ability to curate an engaged parent cohort, says this headteacher

The latest Pisa international study has sparked many far-reaching claims that stretch what the data tells us – and England’s scores in reading and maths aren’t worth writing home about anyway, says Christian Bokhove

A schools group leader outlines how its settings give students the chance to engage with employers in a raft of industries to help shape their future career choices

From transport links to a lack of teaching staff, the challenge of creating new technical routes for students will be immense, says this governance chief in Dorset

Another year of declining proportions of resit students achieving a grade 4 in maths and English has resulted in much discussion about whether young people are being set up to fail – and whether a grade 4 really is necessary for future work

Schools worked wonders to help this cohort of students overcome pandemic disruption, and this year’s results prove why battling barriers to success is worth the fight, says MAT CEO Becks Boomer-Clark

Another year of most resit students falling short of the required grade 4 in English language and maths proves we need a change, argues ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio

Why boys are on top for A and A* this year, how grammar schools are chasing private schools for the best grades, the most popular subjects revealed – here are the major trends from today’s results

The national focus on oracy to help prepare young people for the future world of work presents a huge opportunity to rethink the role of drama in our schools, says this educator

We may never be able to put a metric on human flourishing, but educators know it when they see it in their students, and it must be given equal value to exam results, says this leader

While subjects such as economics and psychology have soared in popularity in recent years, we still lack basic data on how many teachers are actually being recruited to teach them, warns this academic

Our education system works well for many pupils, but it also leaves many behind, which is why giving vocational routes more prominence has merit, says Sir Hamid Patel