Policy

Four-day teacher working week, dedicated day for professional activities and minimum pupil learning hours proposed, but union expresses ‘deep disappointment’ at handling of announcement

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

The Department for Education says it has boosted funding for free school breakfast clubs by 28 per cent, after leaders warned the money was falling far short

The UK’s attorney general explains why he welcomes curriculum reform that will make citizenship education compulsory in primary schools

Move welcomed by UK’s Department for Business and Trade as a positive step in the country’s international education expansion strategy

Tes reflects on two days of talks, debates and discussions at the education event in the United Arab Emirates

Reform’s deputy leader claims there is ‘over-diagnosis’ of neurodiverse conditions, appearing at an event where a former Ofsted chief says dyslexia just means ‘bad at reading’

With the chancellor due to deliver her Budget next week, Michael Green recommends four financial priorities that would not only give schools stability but also benefit the wider economy

With Ofsted’s new inspection framework now up and running, it will be months before we really know how well it’s working – but past experience of reform raises some alarm bells, writes this former HMI

There are multiple issues with the government’s new AI-powered attendance targets – but the most pressing is that they will deter schools from being inclusive, argues headteacher Michael Tidd

More than half of councils would go bankrupt overnight if temporary measures shielding them from their SEND debts were removed, research shows

Analysis of 2025-26 attendance rates so far shows absence levels remain similar to figures from the same time last year