Join the Tes team as we explore the biggest news and analysis content from the past week, including:

EYFS: ‘Significant’ drop in pupils at expected level

Matilda Martin talks us through the new Department for Education EYFS data, which reveals worrying trends about how the pandemic has hit our youngest learners.

‘Very low’ attainers in Year 2 reading triple post-Covid

We look at a new Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) report, underlining the negative impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on reading skills in primary.

6 key trends from the DfE’s new A-level results data

Grainne Hallahan offers key insights from the recent A-level results data, from the rise in top grades among Stem subjects to ethnicity data.

Multiplication check: what school leaders need to know

In the week that the first results from the new times tables check were released, we pick out the key information primary leaders.