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SEND overseas: 5 lessons from Germany’s schools
A trust leader reflects on what they learned from a trip to Germany about how other nations approach special education needs and disabilities provision
Specialist Sector
11 September 2025
Ofsted inspections: 8 tips for making complaints
A MAT leader who successfully appealed against an Ofsted inspection judgement shares advice for other school leaders considering making a complaint
General
10 May 2024
Why we’ve created a menopause policy
A trust CEO explains why she’s introduced a menopause policy to try to prevent school staff from suffering at work in silence
Staff Management
18 October 2023
How education theory can guide staff wellbeing
When this trust wanted to boost its staff wellbeing policies to aid retention and recruitment, it realised it had the perfect model at its fingertips
Staff Management
5 October 2023
Why wait until 2025 to tackle the SEND postcode lottery?
A special school MAT leader explains why proposals in the SEND plan need to be enacted far sooner – and backed by a financially sustainable system
General
3 March 2023
‘Children with SEND are vulnerable - and the most exposed’
The pressures on the special educational needs and disabilities system have forced this MAT to adapt
General
9 December 2022