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Your roundup of Tes’ must-read news and features articles from this week includes reaction to the appointment of a new education secretary; the return of Nick Gibb to the DfE; and why the falling birth rate is a looming crisis for schools

Following the announcement that Nick Gibb and Robert Halfon have joined Gillian Keegan in the Department for Education, we talk to a raft of experts and look over past education pronouncements to try to discern what they might focus on while in post

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Teachers’ efforts to promote the arts are supported by schemes that highlight careers in the creative industries, says Nicky Wilson

From reducing staff to turning the heating off, schools are being faced with impossible cost pressures, warns ASCL chief Geoff Barton as he implores the government to properly fund education

The director-general of the International Baccalaureate draws on his time as minister for education in Finland and explains why he believes teacher development and workload reduction will help boost recruitment and retention more than simply hiking pay

Your roundup of this week’s most-read news and features articles on Tes, includes the date of the planned teacher strike and calls for Ofsted to revise its approach to inspections

Will a multi-academy trust-led system be all about centralisation? How will finances work? How will primaries be persuaded to join MATs? We asked the experts for their views

If the government achieves its aim of every school belonging to an academy trust by 2030, what will that mean for the way schools are managed and run? Six experts give their views on what the education market will look like at a system level over the next decade

Falling birth rates across the UK will have massive implications for schools, which are funded according to the number of pupils on their rolls. At a time when schools are already facing huge financial pressures, the future looks even bleaker, finds John Morgan

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This researcher reveals the extent of violence against teaching assistants in mainstream schools and explains what schools can do to better protect staff and create a culture that refuses to tolerate such incidents