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In response to this year’s A-level results, experts call on Ofqual to add a further stage to its two-step return to pre-pandemic grading levels – amid fears of a widening disadvantage gap

Strike action looms as latest offer is described as ‘insulting’ by the country’s largest teaching union

The gap between the regions with the largest and smallest proportions of top A-level grades has increased since the last set of exams in 2019

Exclusive: DfE to set up new teacher training taskforce in a bid to persuade more providers to expand to stop parts of the country becoming ITT ‘cold spots’

Attainment is important but so are ‘the kind of citizens you are creating’, says government adviser and Canadian educator Dr Avis Glaze

The spending watchdog will look at whether the National Tutoring Programme is achieving value for money

As the dust settles on the results of the first SQA national exams in three years, those in Scottish education look ahead to 2022-23 and the potential it holds

Experts have said that if the 2030 Sats attainment targets are to be met, the government must prioritise education

The law requiring schools to provide free sanitary products comes into force in Scotland today – but already there are calls for more to be done

Your roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including teachers’ worries about ‘unfair’ GCSE grades, the threat of teacher strikes over pay, and tips to overcome your anxiety about going back to school

Staff at the country’s biggest exam board, AQA, are also planning to strike on A-level results day over pay

Union says it is ‘committed’ to a ballot on strike action after a survey shows nearly three-quarters of its members ‘reject’ the teacher pay award