Secondary

Friday

17th Jul 2026

Are GCSEs fit for purpose? 
GCSEs should allow students to pursue their passions while developing skills for the workplace or further study. But are they delivering on this? Current A-level student Hannah O’Brien gives her view
Are GCSEs fit for purpose?
The ‘bad at maths’ badge of honour holds back pupils’ progress
No one would boast about being bad at reading, but inadequacy in maths has become a kind of social currency – and this is a major problem for students, warns David Thomas
Broken pencil on top of a page with a maths problem

Thursday

16th Jul 2026

How Andy Burnham can take social media policy forward
NEU general secretary Daniel Kebede reflects on how a new prime minister can take on social media legislation and ensure it truly delivers for schools
Social media ban - what Andy Burnham should do next

Thursday

9th Jul 2026

How big is the problem of pupils turning up but missing lessons?
Schools report that internal truancy has got worse since the pandemic. Now, for the first time, research gives us an indication of how prevalent the challenge is across secondary schools
Boy sitting outside school classes

Tuesday

7th Jul 2026

The first priority of qualification reform is purpose
Reflecting on the introduction of V levels, Ofqual chief regulator Ian Bauckham explains how the regulator has created a process to ensure that qualifications have clear focus
Sir Ian Bauckham, chief regulator at Ofqual

Wednesday

1st Jul 2026

The £250,000 question about exam grades we should be asking
With research revealing the impact that a one-grade difference in A-level results can have on a student’s future earnings, is a reliability in grading of ‘one grade either way’ really acceptable, asks Dennis Sherwood
Measuring money

Monday

29th Jun 2026

We need to target KS3 to improve white working-class outcomes
A member of the inquiry into white working-class pupils’ outcomes says successive governments’ efforts to drive up standards have overlooked a phase of education where students often become disengaged
Dame Sally Coates

Thursday

25th Jun 2026

What a strong inclusion base can achieve
With the government publishing guidance on setting up an inclusion base, one school cited by the DfE as delivering the type of provision it wants to see shares insights on its approach to improving outcomes for all
Team inclusion

Thursday

18th Jun 2026

How heads can lead on anti-racism in Scotland’s schools
A professional learning programme from School Leaders Scotland will address issues including disinformation, racism and misogyny
How heads can lead on anti-racism in Scotland’s schools

Wednesday

17th Jun 2026

Supply and demand: we need more economics teachers
Economics is now the fifth most popular A-level subject – but access to the qualification is uneven, largely because of a shortage of specialist teachers
Container at docks

Monday

15th Jun 2026

The subjects where the fewest KS3 students are taught by specialists
The proportion of hours taught by a specialist teacher declined slightly across the board for 2025-26, with key stage 3 seeing the largest drop
people

Friday

12th Jun 2026

The real way to boost boys’ school engagement
Giving vulnerable boys access to a trusted adult mentor can help tackle educational disadvantage and ward off malign influences, says this trust leader
Sculpture of a head mentor