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Efforts to revitalise education in London have had a huge impact over the past 20 years – but risk being undone if the focus slips, says Sam Freedman

Picture books can help pupils reimagine the world as safe and inclusive, says primary teacher Emma McGilp

Long-term forecasts from the National Foundation for Educational Research show that, without further uplifts in new teacher pay, the sector will struggle to hit its targets

Lawyers Lorna Davis and Claire Fowler explain planned changes in legislation and recently published guidance on supporting transgender students in schools

Official guidance clarifying the legal position for schools on how they support trans-identified children is urgently needed, argues this discrimination lawyer

Scotland’s last all-girls state school started taking in boys in 2021-22, but what does that tell us about the future of single-sex schooling? Emma Seith investigates

Part-time employees in Northern Ireland may be able to claim for wrongful holiday pay deductions dating back to 1998, writes Seamus McGranaghan

Teaching students from Oman have shown schools in Glasgow the benefits of building global links

A roundup of Tes’ most popular news and features articles from the past week, including a ‘totally unacceptable’ GCSE exam paper mistake, the DfE’s plans to hold academy trusts to account and the things teachers shouldn’t say

The government’s updated school resource management strategy offers support for school business leaders – but it also appears to put their role in jeopardy, says Hilary Goldsmith

Blue-sky thinking is all well and good – but sometimes in education, a tweak is all that’s needed, says Helen Amass

Some critics of the Schools Bill claim it is a move by ‘The Blob’ to centralise educational power – but Sam Freedman explains why such talk risks undermining important work to bring order to the academies landscape