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Microsoft will stop supporting the operating system used by the majority of English schools in October. A trust IT and data director explains how to get ready

From next year secondary schools in Brighton will have to admit at least the average number of children on free school meals. This will help to end divisions within the city, says the Bishop of Dover

Declining attendance is a common, if not ubiquitous, problem for schools across the globe. Emma Seith explores the factors behind it and what schools are doing to get their students back in the classroom

Ofsted’s Lee Owston writes for Tes to outline why the inspectorate is confident its new framework proposals offer the best model for parents, pupils and professionals

A quarter of the way through the century, are we following the right path for the core skills we want young people to have – or do we need to revisit and refine them?

‘Dropped in’ wellbeing interventions don’t work, research shows. Instead mental health needs to be embedded in school life, says Luke Ramsden

NASBTT CEO Emma Hollis reflects on a quarter of a century of teacher training reforms – and outlines three areas that have to evolve to keep pace with the sector’s needs

If we want to change perceptions of teaching then real change is needed – from pay to professional respect, says the NAHT’s James Bowen

Scotland is at a crossroads with literacy and should fully implement systematic synthetic phonics, says Darren Leslie

Ofsted’s proposed reforms fall woefully short of the sea change needed when it comes to inclusion, argue Baroness Longfield and Jonny Uttley

We need to give teachers the knowledge and confidence to counter the growing rise in conspiracy theory beliefs among young people, a new report says

Whatever shape Ofsted’s report cards end up taking, we need to be confident that the judgements are reliable says CST’s deputy chief executive Steve Rollett