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A scheme to provide struggling families with financial advice via schools is proving highly successful in helping parents to navigate the benefits system, manage their debts and ensure their children have the food, clothing and equipment they need to be able to focus on their studies. Emma Seith reports

The phrase ‘white privilege’ is blamed for working-class boys’ failure – but this doesn’t add up, says Tabitha McIntosh

The experiences of pupils with special educational needs and disability are consistently overlooked – there’s no greater disadvantage than being ignored, says Christopher Rossiter

The government repeats the same old lines about ‘levelling up’ – while cutting funding for the poorest children, says Geoff Barton

The delay in lifting Covid restrictions has put a stop to many planned transition activities. So what can schools do?

If we want to tackle sexual harassment in schools, we can’t tolerate the sending of naked pictures, says Sarah Ledger

With 100,000 pupils becoming eligible for FSM in the autumn term, pupil premium policy change could cost schools £124m

No one can deny the impact of Everyone’s Invited – but shame isn’t a good driver for constructive change, says Anki Deo

Sexual harassment is a feature of every school and every college – but we can’t fix the problem alone, says Geoff Barton

Those actually engaged in the business of educating young people should be central in the debate about what is – and what is not – working in our schools, writes Emma Seith

The teaching profession was already ravaged by burnout due to excessive working and exhaustion – and then the pandemic arrived to fan the flames. Jessica Powell investigates the primary causes of workplace stress for teachers, the impact of Covid – and what schools can do to protect the wellbeing of their staff

Education bodies such as SQA and Education Scotland need more independence from government to serve schools best, says headteacher Rod Grant