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Dave Woods will also tell the union’s annual conference that education staff are now ‘frontline fighters’ against ‘dark forces of hate’

Only 3 per cent of school leaders were even aware of the government’s programme to increase flexible working after its first year, says DfE report

Commons Education Select Committee chair Helen Hayes raises concerns over government SEND reforms

We look at the six biggest parties’ manifestos and highlight key policies that would have an impact on schools

The number of permanent exclusions in the spring term is the highest ever, DfE data shows, and growing proportions of SEND and disadvantaged students are being suspended

Schools don’t have adequate time or resources to engage students in democratic processes, which is a concern if young people are to be given the right to vote at age 16, says Simon Lightman

There is more freely accessible support than ever to help secondary schools boost students’ literacy, yet some of this may be passing school leaders by, writes Jessie Ricketts

Academy trusts are raising more cash themselves, but there are concerns over growing disparities in the sector

The head of Bede’s Senior School reflects on its new ‘D-School’ model and why they think it is the solution to providing both academic excellence and real-world skills

You might think that a leader’s uncertainty about their decisions would disappear with experience – but this isn’t the case, writes principal Tilly Erguder, who explains how to live with your doubts

Schools with an above-average number of pupils with SEND are more likely to be marked down by watchdog for attendance and behaviour, analysis finds

Affluent pupils are almost twice as likely to attend high-attaining schools as poorer pupils, even within the same catchment area, research shows