General
Thursday
18th Jun 2026
5 questions schools need answered on the social media ban
The government has announced that under-16s will be banned from several social media platforms from next spring. But for schools, there are still questions about how this will work
Schools self-funding their building work is ‘wholly unrealistic’
NASUWT chief Matt Wrack lists the problems with the idea that schools could hire out facilities to fund essential refurbishment of their buildings
Why a Schrödinger’s pay deal will drive debate and division
Government will claim a pay rise above inflation, unions will argue a pay cut – but teachers deserve better than economic sleight of hand, argues Alistair Wood
Tuesday
16th Jun 2026
How international schools can help pupils moving away
International schools, with their changing pupil populations, tend to be well-practised in supporting new arrivals – but what about helping those children who are leaving? Teacher Clair Draper spotted a gap and took action
Why too many boys are not school-ready
This government needs to avoid the systemic policymaking failures that have left many boys from low-income families behind before they start school, write Nehal Davison and Sophie Metcalfe
Thursday
11th Jun 2026
Ofqual fines Cambridge English £875,000 over automated marking errors
Users of the International English Language Testing System qualification were ‘let down by systemic failures over a long period’, says the regulator
How AI gets lesson planning wrong - and what we can do to fix it
Could knowledge graphs of subject curricula help to improve AI’s ability to generate lessons? Oak National Academy’s John Roberts believes they can
Wednesday
10th Jun 2026
‘It’s just not cricket’: is brand the new battlefront for private schools overseas?
Commentators are predicting the dawn of a new era in international school competition in the wake of two Haileybury-branded schools in Kazakhstan switching to the Wellington brand
What Ofsted inspectors really think about inclusion
A union leader representing Ofsted HMIs says that, when considering inclusion, the views of inspectors must not be left out of accountability debates