Education News
Prominent education stories and what they mean for learning, teaching and access to opportunity.
Coverage spans schools, universities, further and adult education, in the UK and around the world. We explain the reporting first, then use AE to ask what helps people learn, whose experience counts and what it takes to put change into practice.
Each edition links to its sources and is reviewed before publication.
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Education News: Vocational GCSEs will need more than a new name
England’s proposed vocational GCSEs raise a practical question: will pupils gain usable choices, or simply differently labelled courses?
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Education News: Enrolment is rising, but exclusion is proving harder to shift
UNESCO’s 2026 global education evidence shows why counting enrolments is not enough: access depends on the conditions that let learners enter, remain and complete.
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BERA publishes Beyond Correct Answers: AI, SEND and meaningful participation in mathematics
A new BERA report by Alastair Amos and Steven Watson explores when generative AI supports students with SEND in mathematics—and why teacher mediation remains crucial.
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Education News: Can school inspection strengthen the people it holds to account?
A renewed challenge to Ofsted grading asks how accountability can protect children, inform parents and sustain the people responsible for school improvement.
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Education News: The missing journey from apprenticeship offer to skilled work
An apprenticeship needs more than a vacancy. England’s latest debate raises questions about the transport, teaching and support that turn an offer into a future.
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AI in schools: who decides when it is ready?
Contrasting school responses, a Hong Kong classroom study and Microsoft’s draft commitments raise a practical question: who decides when educational AI is ready?
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Education News: Australia’s curriculum debate — what would actually change in the classroom?
Australia’s opposition proposes changing cross-curriculum priorities. An accessible AE analysis asks whose knowledge is recognised and what would help teachers.
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Education News: After the PISA headlines, what would help students learn?
What does PISA measure, and how can its results help a real classroom? A plain-language guide to turning assessment into support for teachers and students.
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