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Labour has announced that every primary school will have its own library by 2029, but questions about funding and implementation remain, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Young people are turning to AI for comfort and reassurance – and this poses some major safeguarding risks that schools need to guard against, says this academic

New figures show that in-school knife crime incidents have decreased in many areas of England. Ellen Peirson-Hagger hears from leaders about what they are doing to drive this reduction, and whether it’s enough

While the underachievement of white working-class boys has attracted political attention, the struggles of disadvantaged white girls continue to be overlooked. School leaders tell Tes why this needs to change

As student teachers prepare to head into Scottish schools, Colin McGill addresses some of their most pressing questions

Schools’ right to exclude should be maintained, but this should not distract from the need to tackle the lack of staff and other critical issues that affect behaviour, says Andrea Bradley

A new research project aims to understand the realities of school governance on the ground to help inform decision making – and you can help

The ‘mixed’ health of Stem education in Scotland highlights the ‘indispensable role of school technicians’, says Alastair MacGregor

Since launching its ground-breaking nine-day fortnight a year ago, Dixons Academies Trust says it has seen a drop in staff turnover and sickness absence. Ellen Peirson-Hagger asks about the challenges and rewards of the policy

With Ofsted opting not to publish full responses to a consultation on its new framework, a survey by former senior inspectors offers a snapshot of what the sector really thinks

Is its ban on the International Baccalaureate just ‘Russia being Russia’ – as one international school leader put it – or could it represent a wider threat to international schools and the way they operate?

The Tasmanian government is to be the first to trial a version of England’s grouping of schools into trusts, writes Will Bickford Smith – but it won’t be adopting some aspects of the model