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The latest news, analysis and thought leadership for UK schools
Monday
9th Mar 2026
How a small change to the English curriculum could cut teacher workload
Tweaking the requirement for GCSE students to read a 19th-century novel could add diversity while maintaining rigour and reducing teacher workload, argues Robert Eaglestone
What a South Korean mayor’s visit to UK private schools reveals
Demand for international schools is changing how countries are enticing schools to their shores, with British private brands well placed to benefit
Why we stopped posting pupils’ faces in photos
A leader explains how his school audited its approach to marketing materials in response to emerging safeguarding concerns
Friday
6th Mar 2026
On-screen exams could widen disadvantage gap, EEF warns
Education Endowment Foundation says the introduction of digital assessment must not have a ‘detrimental impact’ on disadvantaged students, in its response to Ofqual consultation
Ofsted rejects 1 in 5 inspection deferral requests
Watchdog figures show 621 school inspections were deferred in 2024-25 and a further 37 were paused
Zack Polanski to headline NEU conference
Green Party’s vision for education ‘perfectly mirrors’ the NEU’s, general secretary Daniel Kebede tells Tes
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Primary libraries pledge includes converted cloakrooms and corridors
Treasury has committed to ensuring that every primary school has a library by 2029, but these facilities could include former ‘storage spaces’, Tes can reveal
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School buildings should not be bargaining chips
A long-standing international school in Poland faces an uncertain future due to a lease issue. Its head explains why a school cannot be seen as just an economic asset
£1.6bn SEND pot risks being ‘swallowed up’, leaders warn
Flagship fund to improve inclusion in mainstream schools ‘won’t go very far at all’, and a clear national strategy is needed on how to use it, government is told
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How we made enrichment part of the timetable
Want pupils to have more time for learning beyond the curriculum? Then you have to ensure it’s part of the school day, say these two trust leaders