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With new insights on how Oak materials are being used to adapt or augment curriculum plans, chief executive Matt Hood says it proves debates about teacher autonomy need to evolve

Labour’s opportunity mission provides a platform for education to pull together in pursuit of a system in which all children can achieve and thrive, says CST chief Leora Cruddas

ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio on why Ofsted shouldn’t develop the new standards, and why he would back a delay in introducing them if needed

Achieving academic success in isolation can leave some young people struggling to fully integrate once they ‘climb the ladder’, says Nicole McCartney

A headteacher reflects on how the former zeal for zero-tolerance approaches to behaviour is being replaced by something subtler – and better

Informal school leadership networks give some schools access to expertise and support – and leave others out in the cold, new EPI research warns

From enhanced data sharing to the use of a single identifier for children, here’s how safeguarding will evolve next year

Plans for all senior students to undertake a project were recently rejected by the Scottish government, but it name-checked several organisations that had impressed with their interdisciplinary work. Emma Seith speaks to one of them

A headteacher outlines why those in education should welcome the Department for Education’s move to tackle for-profit care home providers

With temperatures across the UK starting to dip, we look at how cold a school classroom can get before it becomes legally uninhabitable

The lunch hour is the only part of the school day that is means-tested. It shouldn’t be that way, argues Kate Anstey of Child Poverty Action Group

Opportunities to inform policy on curriculum and assessment don’t come around often – so make sure you respond to the call for evidence before it closes this Friday, says headteacher Michael Tidd