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The latest news, analysis and thought leadership for UK schools
Wednesday
18th Feb 2026
Why students are reluctant to take risks - and what to do about it
Research tells us that young people are unlikely to take an academic risk if we haven’t set the conditions to make them feel safe enough to do so, says Chris Wynn
SEND training alone won’t work - we need therapeutic education
The government’s announcement about training all teachers in SEND is welcome, but learning environments need to change to deliver inclusion, argues Thomas Keaney
Is this the hardest leadership trait of all?
Moral courage is hugely important for school leaders and it’s something the international sector needs right now, says Kausor Amin-Ali – but standing up to wrongdoing is far from easy
School absence up 50% in latest flu season, analysis finds
Surge in pupil sick days prompts health experts to call for the government to roll out flu vaccination to all schools before October break
Tuesday
17th Feb 2026
How drama techniques can reboot oracy teaching
Oracy shouldn’t just be a tick-box exercise, says this primary teacher, who explains how incorporating approaches from acting can help pupils with literacy
Suella Braverman appointed Reform UK education spokesperson
Former Tory minister, who was twice sacked as home secretary under Conservative governments, claims schools are facing ‘a quiet crisis’
We built RISE to listen, learn and improve
After an interim evaluation of the government’s RISE school improvement programme, DfE director general Tim Coulson sets out his vision for the scheme
How the Johari window helps school leaders
Self-awareness is key to good leadership, and the Johari window can help you better analyse your behaviour, argues Chris Baker
Why schools appointing AI champions is a game-changer
The head of artificial intelligence at a group with more than 70 schools across the world shares advice for embedding and sharing AI experimentation at scale
Lack of diversity among curriculum drafters ‘deeply concerning’
Open letter with nearly 100 signatories calls for a ‘more diverse range’ of drafters to write the new national curriculum, warning there is a risk of ‘narrow’ content
Monday
16th Feb 2026
DfE commits £26m to recruit more educational psychologists
Funding for hundreds more educational psychologists announced amid concerns that specialists are spending too much time on admin rather than supporting children
We’ve got SEND support the wrong way around
Writing ahead of the government announcing special educational needs reforms, head Keziah Featherstone says support should be universally available in schools – not something that children have to wait years for