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A new framework from Windsor Academy Trust outlines how schools can work with the NHS to ensure a healthy life for pupils – and improve educational outcomes, too

‘Monitoring’ of the first batch of schools going through the new regional school improvement system is taking place this term, says DfE official

The expectation of ‘hero leaders’ is causing a fragmented approach across schools and trusts, and ultimately risking pupil outcomes, says report

Nearly 850 single-academy trusts remain, including some of the highest performing schools in England. Labour wants them to join multi-academy trusts, but persuading them won’t be easy, finds Jabed Ahmed

After years of policy turbulence, we finally have an evidence-based blueprint for change that trusts teachers as the experts, writes MAT chief executive Dan Morrow

Dominic Norrish, previously COO of United Learning, will take up the role following Tim Coulson’s departure to become director general of the DfE’s regions group

A trust leader outlines his vision for how the sector needs to evolve to ensure the trust agenda regains a sense of coherence

The government has provided information about acquiring funding through its Strategic School Improvement Capital Budget

Shadow education secretary talks to Tes about the ‘pushback’ facing heads on exclusions, how schools are ‘lagging’ on phone bans and why RISE plans are ‘reckless’

Trust leader Dr Ogden is also a RISE adviser and on the panel of the curriculum and assessment review

The chief inspector, speaking at the Confederation of School Trusts conference, rejects the idea that Ofsted has not considered headteachers’ wellbeing in developing its new inspections

The government wants groups of schools to be inspected – but designing a robust, supportive and useful inspection system for them isn’t easy, says the Confederation of School Trusts’ Steve Rollett