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With many new areas to inspect – and more judgements available – some inspectors are concerned the new proposals will be unmanageable

Languages in Scotland are at a ‘critical juncture’ and investment is needed in professional learning to boost their health in schools, say Lynne Jones and Fhiona Mackay

With more pupils with English as an additional language (EAL) in more schools, we must do better to support and measure their needs, says director of the Bell Foundation

Michael Tidd wonders why no one at Ofsted recalled the headaches caused by the assessment levels system when drawing up new inspection framework proposals

CST CEO Leora Cruddas outlines why education secretary Bridget Phillipson is right to praise the past – but also to seek to create an even better future

More than 70 per cent of secondaries are likely to have to make uniform changes, and QTS requirements could affect at least 700 new teachers, the DfE estimates

Instead of tackling the big issues in education, the DfE is mired in dull managerialism with its schools bill. We need a vision for change, says ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio

The country’s biggest study of pupil engagement reveals a gender gap in students feeling anxious about school, writes ImpactEd Group’s research director

The decline in the pupil population that is affecting schools now is a trend that’s unlikely to change for decades, new ONS data shows

Leaders from Chiltern Learning Trust explain how they are developing new government-backed artificial intelligence training courses for teachers, to help upskill the sector

Progress 8 needs to be succeeded by a more nuanced measure reminiscent of the Families of Schools data from the London Challenge, says headteacher Andrew O’Neill

The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill will ensure no child is left behind and help England’s ‘excellent’ teachers drive ‘high and rising’ standards, writes the minister for school standards