According to education data analysts SchoolDash, girls at single-sex state schools in England achieve better GCSE results that those in mixed schools.

The international education company Pearson has announced it is preparing to cut 10 per cent of its global workforce, with 500 losses expected to effect employees in the UK.

The government is considering new legislation that will ensure schools give equal weighting to apprenticeships and academic options when giving careers advice.

An investigation launched by Tes has found that exam boards may be set to increase their fees for schools and are considering cuts to subjects in reformed GCSEs and A-levels, as they struggle with financial pressures.

GCSE results have remained fairly stable across England, with the number of schools falling below the current floor unchanged at 312.

The upcoming year’s GCSE and A-Level examinations have been timetabled to take into account the Muslim religion’s month of fasting, Ramadan.

The government has released a statement concerning the final subject content expected to be seen in further GCSE and AS and A level subjects.

Attainment in Scottish schools has been rated as above international averages in a review from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Almost 9,500 signature have been gained in a petition to stop the scrapping of GSCE and A-level ICT qualifications.

Schools could be given authority to request copies of marked GCSE exam papers that they consider to have been marked incorrectly, Ofqual has announced.

Exam regulator Ofqual has found that more than 90,000 GCSE and A-level results were changed after being challenged this summer.

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