Secondary

Pandemic’s effect on education is slowly being understood as more data comes to light. The latest on Progress 8 makes clear the impact on disadvantaged schools, as Jenna Julius explains

Robert Halfon and Oli de Botton explain why more time on career skills in schools could help truly prepare children for the world of work – and open their eyes to the ‘art of the possible’

The parents of a child who died by suicide after accessing inappropriate material at school explain why they are campaigning to make the government, Ofsted and schools aware of the importance of ensuring that e-filtering and monitoring systems are working properly

While it is understandable that Ofqual wants to return to ‘normal’ GCSE exams next year, there is a risk that those students whose learning suffered the most during Covid will be the ones most severely impacted, warns the EPI’s Jon Andrews

Reform programme has to address mismatch between the curriculum’s ambition and what national qualifications actually deliver, says Melvyn Roffe

With English Baccalaureate take-up likely to fall far short of the government’s targets, many are asking if it still has a future. Grainne Hallahan reports

As a new ministerial team enters the Department for Education, a MAT chief outlines the steps it must take to tackle the link between deprivation and underperformance

Members of the Scottish Parliament’s education committee grilled Scotland’s beleaguered exam body this week – here are seven key takeaways from the meeting

We round up the main trends from this year’s GCSE results data to give you essential insights for the school year ahead

In response to calls for major reforms to GCSE and A-level exams, one former DfE policy adviser explains why we need evolution – not revolution – to improve our exams system

As the dust settles on A-level results day, we round up the key insights teachers should know to inform their understanding for the academic year ahead

Sam Freedman reflects on the A-level exam results for 2022 and why, when all is said and done, the upheavals of the pandemic years show why exams remain the fairest way to assess all students