The Latest Breaking News from Elliot Major

Many of the pupils who sat their GCSEs this summer were in Year 6 when schools closed because of the pandemic.

Competition for the most selective sixth forms would be ‘fiercer’ after the VAT change on private school fees, one education expert said.

School leavers waiting for results will be experiencing ‘the highest levels of anxiety and uncertainty’, according to Lee Elliot Major.

Some families have lost their belief that attending class regularly is necessary for their children, a professor of social mobility said

In today’s newsletter: The Mail’s cartoonish attack on Keir Starmer for sending his children to a coveted local primary has heated up debate about just who gets a place at ‘outstanding’ schools

In today’s newsletter: They were the first year group to miss their GCSEs, and the first to sit A-level exams since the dawn of the pandemic – what do their results tell us?

Professor of social mobility urges Tory party leadership candidates to say how they will tackle disadvantage

Social mobility expert says Pupil Premium funding must be extended as teachers report children stealing basics such as tissues and food.