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The White Paper plan to enforce a minimum 32.5-hour school week fails to acknowledge that it is not teaching time that has been cut but breaktimes, says Laura McInerney

Having a robust anti-bullying policy is not enough – it must be implemented, says Brian Moss

The muted messaging about face coverings in Scottish schools this week was telling, says Henry Hepburn

This week saw the release of two high-profile policy documents – but the soundbite-laden Schools White Paper should have taken a note from the SEND Green Paper’s ambition, says Jon Severs

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A perfect storm of financial pressures is going to put a huge strain on school budgets – and heads are warning that the quality of education and support for pupils will suffer

The White Paper is another frustrating example of the ‘garbage can’ model of policymaking that means the same ideas are trotted out repeatedly, says Loic Menzies

For almost 200 years, inspections have tried to stamp out any language other than standard English, new research claims. Dan Worth talks to the study authors to find out more

Sam Freedman explains why the government deserves plaudits for seeking to proactively address key problems at the heart of the SEND system – but wonders if this may lead to a reduction of options for parents

Chief executive of the Education Policy Institute, Natalie Perera, laments the lack of focus in the White Paper on giving schools more scope to tackle issues that have caused a widening disadvantage gap

The Will Smith and Chris Rock Oscars incident is the talk of the classroom – and there’s plenty to learn from it, says Alan Gillespie

The families of pupils with SEND will be wondering why it has taken so long to get to this point – but at least the Green Paper offers hope of positive change, says Rob Webster