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The executive director of education for the Church of England explains why it has launched two courses aimed at helping teachers and leaders to flourish

Jon Andrews, of the Education Policy Institute, explains why a new tool that brings together a raft of performance measures should show the way to a more nuanced school inspection system

A new school validation process on the Isle of Man uses self-evaluation. Might it be a basis for the MAT inspections Ofsted has pledged to introduce in England?

Parental choice is critical to a successful education system, so we must ditch ideological wars and celebrate rather than criticise school types different to our own, argue Luke Sparkes and Jenny Thompson

School leaders fear changes to inspection aren’t going in the right direction – and it’s up to Ofsted to prove them wrong, says NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman

A new World Economic Forum report reveals a raft of insights into how careers may evolve and how schools can ensure pupils are ready for an ever-changing world

One MAT has created a new staff role, the home-academy liaison officer, to target persistent absence. Ellen Peirson-Hagger hears what it involves and what impact it is having

Trusts and Labour are not in opposition but the narrative of the moment has created a political divide where none exists, argues E-ACT CEO Tom Campbell 

From the food you can provide to how the new clubs need to work alongside wraparound care provision, here are the key insights on how the DfE expects breakfast clubs to operate

Metacognition has become an increasingly common concept in the work of international schools; one group shares its findings on how to apply ‘thinking about thinking’ in classrooms

First minister John Swinney has said that all children – not just those in advantaged communities – should benefit from ‘smaller class sizes’. But how serious is he?

Rather than arguing about school structures, we should be focusing on removing accountability levers that are preventing schools of all types from collaborating, argues Keziah Featherstone