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The Budget was light on detail on plans for SEND, but presented critical questions for school leaders. Trust leader and SEND expert Warren Carratt provides some answers

Most international schools go out of their way to help new staff settle in – but one school in South Korea runs support sessions through their entire first term, as Emma Seith discovers

A co-chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable considers chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget announcement today and what it will mean for the schools sector

Education, health and care plans have been blamed for an unsustainable rise in special educational needs in schools, but would scrapping or limiting these plans fix the problem?

With one state grammar announcing plans to open schools in Dubai and India, what are the implications for the state sector? ‘Don’t expect Grange Hill Singapore any time soon,’ one leader tells Emma Seith

As more schools join these local collaborative groups, Ellen Peirson-Hagger explains how they work and why they matter

If we want to be a truly inclusive education system, the assessment and accountability frameworks that penalise inclusion need to be changed, argues this headteacher

A new framework from Windsor Academy Trust outlines how schools can work with the NHS to ensure a healthy life for pupils – and improve educational outcomes, too

How do international school groups set and monitor teacher expectations while working across multiple countries, curricula and languages of instruction? Emma Seith talks to senior leaders at six major groups to find out

With the chancellor due to deliver her Budget next week, Michael Green recommends four financial priorities that would not only give schools stability but also benefit the wider economy

With Ofsted’s new inspection framework now up and running, it will be months before we really know how well it’s working – but past experience of reform raises some alarm bells, writes this former HMI

There are multiple issues with the government’s new AI-powered attendance targets – but the most pressing is that they will deter schools from being inclusive, argues headteacher Michael Tidd