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From boys doing better than girls, more evidence of the disadvantage gap, and the surprising impact of language on results, we draw out some of the key insights from the Department for Education’s first times tables check

At the Schools and Academies Show last week a panel of sector heavyweights debated whether the plan for all schools to be in an academy trust by 2030 is realistic – and how school leaders can be convinced to make the move

We chat with the president of the School Library Association about his own school days and the teacher that inspired him, how he turned around a struggling school, and what it was like to be mentored by Sir Ken Robinson

Mark Steed, principal of Kellett School in Hong Kong, chats about the best ways schools can develop staff for leadership roles – and embracing the fact this may mean they leave for pastures new

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

The parents of a child who died by suicide after accessing inappropriate material at school explain why they are campaigning to make the government, Ofsted and schools aware of the importance of ensuring that e-filtering and monitoring systems are working properly