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A new framework will help teachers at the start of their career in Scotland to respond to urgent environmental and sustainability challenges

From pupil absence to teacher retention issues, we tolerate widespread, low-level failure. The system must act before dysfunction becomes unignorable, says this headteacher

At the Schools and Academies Show senior leaders discussed numerous ways to better manage the sprawling estates that trusts and schools manage. Here are some of the key insights they had to share

Across the Atlantic better integration and stronger collaboration provide a fairer system for all, writes one MP who is part of a Commons committee investigating the SEND support crisis

Six months ago the government proposed a 2.8 per cent pay increase for 2025-26, but the size of the uplift is still yet to be decided – leaving schools with a budgeting headache yet again. Ellen Peirson-Hagger analyses data from the past decade to see what we should expect this year

The vast majority of Scottish schools receive cash from the Pupil Equity Fund – and a new report highlights how 129 schools are using the money ‘impactfully’ and ‘innovatively’

We don’t have to wait for structural reform or the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, because joined-up relationships are shaped locally, says this MAT chief executive

The argument that ‘everyone speaks English anyway’ falls apart when subjected to scrutiny, says Catriona Egerton

The government must use financial incentives to address the lack of teachers in key subjects, says Labour MP and Commons Education Select Committee member Mark Sewards

The number of children with speech and language challenges is soaring. And not all of these pupils have SEND. Experts tell Ellen Peirson-Hagger how in-school intervention is possible – and highly effective

Education minister Stephen Morgan explains why he is confident a new app to deliver GCSE results will make life easier for students – and help schools save time and money

The SEND lead at Maritime Academy Trust explains how the group turned to its specialist provision to provide CPD and build confidence across all its schools