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Social transition requests should be treated with ‘caution’, DfE says
The government will embed gender guidance for schools within Keeping Children Safe in Education, including guidelines to ensure that single-sex spaces are protected
A-level disadvantage gap narrows slightly
DfE’s 16-18 performance data shows how the attainment gap between disadvantaged students and their peers has changed in recent years, as well as other key trends
Where next in Scottish education’s search for a fairer system?
Long-held beliefs about the purpose and nature of school education are being challenged in Scotland and far beyond, say Christopher Chapman and Graham Donaldson
Teachers of all subjects told to improve literacy in Scottish schools
Shortcomings in approaches to reading, writing and listening and talking were found in ‘thematic inspection’ of literacy in Scotland’s schools
Why your retrieval practice might not be working
The benefits of spaced retrieval practice are well known, but the importance of introducing variability in this process is often overlooked, writes Mark Roberts
‘There is a fundamental muddle with the design of RISE’
The interim evaluation of the government’s RISE school improvement programme indicates some critical challenges for the scheme that need to be addressed, argues Leora Cruddas
‘Outlier’ CEO pay flattens after DfE crackdown
But leaders’ pay still varies hugely at trusts told to justify their pay decisions – from £25 per pupil to £331, Tes analysis reveals
Special schools must shout about their inclusion work
The government’s focus on driving inclusion in education gives us the chance to define what it means in specialist settings, write Claire Dorer and Anita Devi
How revamping our internal AP had a huge impact
Is your internal alternative provision failing to have the desired impact? A headteacher shares insights on how her school tackled this issue, with clear outcomes
Call to create new national standards for AP
Report warns that delaying the pipeline of new AP free schools risks more students being placed in unregistered alternative provision
Teachers facing worse behaviour more likely to quit, study finds
New NFER analysis raises concerns about the impact of behaviour on staff retention rates in schools around England
