Department for Education

DfE accepts 4% pay rise for teachers

The government has accepted the School Teachers’ Review Body’s recommendation of a 4% pay rise for teachers from September 2025, alongside an additional £615m in funding. However, the Department for Education (DfE) confirmed that schools will still have to fund around 1% of the increase themselves, which it said could…

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Government to pilot digital exam results

The government has launched a digital exam results pilot to help schools and colleges to save up to £30m a year and cut back bureaucracy.  This pilot means that exam certificates will go digital for thousands of students this summer as part of a modernised ‘education record’.  Digital records, which…

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T-level qualifications still less popular than BTECs, NAO finds

The National Audit office has suggested that vocational qualifications such as BTECs remain more popular than T Levels for students and should be retained until T Levels can be fully evaluated. The Department for Education (DfE) launched T Levels following recommendations from the 2016 Sainsbury Review, which outlined the need…

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