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It’s time to do away with pass/fail exams

Brief letters: GCSE retakes | Perils of shared names | Ponytail power | Alternative roles for the Duchess of Sussex | Meghan mockery

25 Aug

We would like to hear from young people in England who didn’t pass English and/or Maths GCSE

How did it affect your plans for either further education or getting a job? Did you go through resits? Tell us

Guardian community team24 Aug

Most English secondary schools are breaking healthy food rules, finds report

‘Shocking’ breaches such as sweets and crisps at breakfast uncovered just before expansion of access to free school meals

Denis Campbell Health policy editor24 Aug

Sandra Stalker obituary

Other lives: School headteacher who later advised governments around the world on educational issues

Rachel Burgin21 Aug

Judith Brearley obituary

Other lives: Social work lecturer at Edinburgh University who trained as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist

Susan Maciver21 Aug

Leaders attack ‘demotivating’ plan to make pupils who fail GCSEs retake maths and English

Government confirms plan for ‘stepping stone’ qualification in England as students face retaking maths or English after failure to achieve grade 4

Richard Adams Education editor20 Aug

International students bring much more than money to the UK

Letters: Catriona McCarthy says enduring personal and professional connections should not be overlooked, while Graham Thompson says university leaders should shoulder some responsibility for their plight

20 Aug

GCSE results: girls still ahead but gender gap narrows as hundreds of thousands of pupils receive grades – as it happened

Nearly a quarter of girls’ entries received one of the higher grades against around a fifth of those from boys

Taz Ali (now) and Mabel Banfield-Nwachi (earlier)20 Aug

GCSE results: almost one in four boys in England get top grades in maths

Overall results slightly better than last year, with share receiving grades 7, 8 and 9 rising by 0.1 of a percentage point to 23.1%

Richard Adams and Sally Weale20 Aug

Compulsory GCSE resits in England harm teenagers’ mental wellbeing, study finds

UCL researchers warn repeated exam attempts may dent students’ confidence and raise risk of dropping out

Richard Adams Education editor19 Aug

Screens can play a key role in the classroom

Letter: Dismissing screen use entirely fails to recognise the crucial role modern technology plays in equity, accessibility and basic school operations, says Charlotte Bleakley

19 Aug

Harvard to pay $53m over theft and sale of human remains from medical school

Cedric Lodge, 58, sentenced in December to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts in national scheme

Lucy Campbell18 Aug

Alex Ungar obituary

Other lives: Senior lecturer in pharmacology at Edinburgh University for two decades

Simon Ungar18 Aug

UK parents and carers: what costs do you face when sending your children to school?

What are some of the weirdest or priciest things parents and carers have to buy

Guardian community team18 Aug

‘Our rota crew have the best summer’: parents share how they get through the school holiday

As research suggests six weeks of childcare can cost £1,145, parents are relying on spreadsheets, savings and sharing the load

Nicola Slawson and Amee Joshi16 Aug

‘Our children are less cognitively capable,’ says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools

Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology undermines how children learn and develop

Sally Weale Education correspondent16 Aug

‘Cheap travel is not a defence’: the parents facing court for school absences in England

In one court in Kent, most cases relate to term-time holidays, but non-attendance is a complex issue and post-pandemic rates remain high

Amelia Gentleman15 Aug

Students squeezed out of university courses after bumper A-level grades

Students narrowly missing grades are being rejected, while some on oversubscribed courses are asked to defer

Richard Adams Education editor14 Aug

UK universities face ‘financial crisis’ amid collapse in international students

Higher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’

Richard Adams and Rowena Mason14 Aug

Behind England’s bumper A-level results lie record levels of regional disparities

Need for Burnham to tackle regional inequality could not be clearer as London becomes ‘educational outlier’

Sally Weale Education correspondent13 Aug

Margaret Levy obituary

Other lives: Teacher who initiated the first ‘return to study science’ course, aimed at mature women

Nick Levy13 Aug