Nearly 30,000 more students benefit from free music tuition
The number of students learning an instrument has increased by almost 30,000 since the abolition of fees for music lessons in schools.
Next steps in curriculum improvement
The most significant reform of Scotland’s curriculum in more than ten years is underway, as the first early samples of new curriculum materials have been shared with councils across the country.
‘Single largest update’ to curriculum in a decade to be taught from August 2028
The Scottish Government is set to outline the “single largest update” to the education curriculum in a decade, the Education Secretary has said.
Evaluation of Whizz Education: Maths-Whizz Intelligent Tutoring Programme
Maths-Whizz is an Edtech programme consisting of an online AI-enabled adaptive tutoring system that provides personalised maths tutoring to pupils, alongside a library of digital resources and live reports for teachers.
Citizenship education: primary school children are already able to think politically
Rebuilding social cohesion and democratic trust has become a key concern in British politics, amid increasing political polarisation, misinformation and declining trust in public institutions.
Intelligent tutor that adapts lessons and feedback to individual pupils found to boost progress, named ‘promising programme’ by the EEF
An intelligent tutoring platform that personalises learning and feedback to individual pupils has been shown to improve maths attainment, according to the findings from an independent evaluation published by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) today.
Maths course closure at Dundee a ‘national tragedy’
University defends decision to shutter provision after more than a century because of declining recruitment.
International students face cost, confusion and access barriers in English testing
UKCISA research involving around 750 students found cost and access barriers, confusion over accepted English language qualifications, and concerns that language tests do not fully prepare students for life and study in the UK.
English test options ‘confusing’ international students
Range of current providers and questions around which assessment is best requires greater clarity from universities, UKCISA warns.
English language requirements are about more than getting in
With sector debate about English language requirements often driven by anecdote and risk, Yinbo Yu presents findings from new UKCISA research – and argues the conversation needs to start from diversity, not assumption.
Could a broader mix of languages halt the decline of MFL?
GCSE entries data shows a big rise in ‘other modern languages’ – prompting calls for government to support schools to meet growing demand for qualifications in students’ home languages.
A vision for teaching English
Curriculum documents are strange things. At their worst, they’re dead paper: worthy phrases, careful compromises and lists of dry content.
STEM must remain part of the enrichment conversation
The Department for Education’s new Enrichment Framework is a welcome recognition that education extends beyond the classroom.
AQA apologises for mistake in ‘all versions’ of GCSE science paper
In correspondence seen by Tes, England’s largest exam board tells exams officers it has reported the issue to Ofqual and will ensure no students are disadvantaged.
Technical issues halt marking of GCSE maths paper
Pearson Edexcel says marking has now resumed and there has been no impact on its ‘accuracy or integrity’, after issues emerged last night.
Literacy charity expands its inclusive book gifting programme to 100 under-resourced primary schools
One hundred primary schools will receive a collection of inclusive children’s books under an expansion of the Inclusive Books for Children’s (IBC) gifting programme.
Students without English GCSE ‘to be locked out of loans’
DfE reportedly considering introducing minimum entry standard, potentially blocking tens of thousands of applicants from accessing student finance.
Ofqual fines Cambridge English £875k over IELTS marking errors
UK qualifications regulator Ofqual has fined Cambridge English £875,000 following an investigation into automated marking errors that led to incorrect IELTS results being issued to more than 62,000 learners worldwide between 2023 and 2025.
Students could be required to pass GCSE English to access university loans
University students would face minimum grade requirements to qualify for student loans in England under proposals that could in effect bar thousands of young people from higher education.
“The natural world is for everyone”: Natural History GCSE consultation opens
Cambridge OCR has called for a Natural History GCSE “that gives young people of all backgrounds access to the benefits of nature”, as the Department for Education launches a consultation on the content of the new qualification.