The UK has seen a slower improvement in cutting the number of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET) compared to other OECD countries, according to research.

CDI, the UK’s professional body for career development, has called for a greater focus on careers advice, saying that it has been undervalued in education policy for too long.

The Irish government aims to increase the number of Traveller and Roma children remaining in school to achieve a Leaving Certificate.

Education Select Committee chair calls for investigation into exams results delay

Exam board Pearson is to be questioned by MPs about why many students are still missing grades.

GCSE results day: Lower grades expected due to Covid

A similar pattern to last weeks A-level results is expected due to the turbulent circumstances of the pandemic.

Geoff Barton notes a 'worrying' decline in Creative Arts subjects

The General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders Geoff Barton has voiced concerns regarding the decline in creative arts subj

AQA staff on strike as GCSE results come in

It marks the fourth round of action in a dispute over pay and fire-and-rehire threats to staff

UCAS reports record progression to higher education for exam sitting students

425,830 students are celebrating being accepted into university or college - the second highest on record.

Gibb and exams regulator to face Education Committee

The Education Committee will question England’s exams regulator Ofqual in the wake of this year’s A-levels and GCSEs.

Record passes and top grades for GCSEs this year

GCSE students have received another set of record grades, in the second year of disruption to exams.

Collins makes warning over private and state school gap

Sir Kevan Collins has voiced his concern that the ‘educational legacy of Covid could be growing inequality’ across the UK.

Data shows soaring private school grades

Data released by Ofqual has shown that private schools have seen their grades soar compared to state schools this year.

A-level top grades reach record high

Top grades for A-level results for England, Wales and Northern Ireland have reached a record high - with 44.8 per cent achieving A* or A grades.

Students have been treated fairly, says Ofqual

Simon Lebus has said that students getting results this week can feel satisfied that their grades are fair.

Failing young people’s futures ‘not an option’, says Labour

Keir Starmer has warned the Conservatives that a second year of results chaos which fails to protect young people’s futures is ‘not an option’.

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