Equality & Diversity

A Tes investigation exposes the extent to which schools rely on funding for disadvantaged pupils to support children’s most basic needs and fund core staffing

Tes analysis finds large differences in areas such as PE and drama after Ofqual published – for the first time – qualification results and uptake by subject at local authority level

The death of Jason Arday shows us that all leaders must use their position to speak out against racism and prejudice – otherwise they will be complicit in letting it happen, says Sufian Sadiq

Any inquiry into the gender divide in educational outcomes should confront the ‘unthinkable’ prospect of ‘inherent’ differences between girls and boys, says Professor Alan Smithers

DfE study of 9,000 five- and six-year-olds reveals findings on behaviour, predicted outcomes and parent engagement

Former Ofsted chief highlights the ‘extraordinary’ security measures required in Jewish faith schools as he reveals the interim findings from his review into antisemitism in education settings

Official guidance on single-sex spaces comes into force for schools today, but unions say it does not offer schools enough support and that it has arrived too late

Teachers broadly support Andy Burnham’s plan for technical pathways, new polling shows, but the survey raises questions about schools’ capacity to increase their focus on vocational education

Teachers often predict higher A-level grades for girls than boys, and this could be affecting students’ access to university courses, researchers warn

Schools are ‘well-placed’ to identify teenagers who are becoming isolated and their early intervention can ‘make a real difference for a young person’s future’, say researchers

A new DfE ‘similar schools’ measure, launching this September, is aimed at helping the government and Ofsted to understand how well pupils in one school are achieving compared with those in schools in a similar context

Despite recent high-profile problems with traditional pen-and-paper exams, the CEO of England’s biggest exam board tells Tes that there should be more urgency in introducing on-screen assessment