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With ministers considering a ban on social media for under-16s, a parliamentary group highlights the educational value of some content

Improving life satisfaction is ‘likely to yield the greatest benefits’ for school attendance, NFER researchers find

Year 8 reading tests, GCSE English shortcomings, and the tricky balance between grammar and reading enjoyment were among the issues raised at an MPs’ committee today

Founder Aatif Hassan tells Tes he hopes to emulate the group’s European success in the US and Canada, and confirms he still has designs on Middle East expansion

The trust will take on 10 new schools if plans are approved this month, amid a wider consolidation of Catholic academies

Headteachers’ leaders call for an ‘escalation route’ when a school decides a pupil’s needs cannot be safely met by education staff alone

Experts and unions warn the increase in school insurance claims is a ‘concerning’ sign of the deteriorating condition and resilience of school buildings

The national curriculum and exam-based assessment approaches are big factors in many students being ‘effectively set up to fail’, finds government-commissioned review

Warnings from teaching bodies come as England sees record-breaking temperatures this week, prompting concerns about the impact of extreme heat in classrooms

FFT Education Datalab analysis also finds that students from poorer backgrounds are less drawn to languages A levels, and identifies large gaps in entries between different ethnic groups

Jenny Oldroyd, director for curriculum at the Department for Education, will move posts next month, prompting one union to describe a series of recent departures as ‘not ideal’

Mont’Kiara International School, an IB school, will join the British International School of Kuala Lumpur, increasing choice within the same group for families in the capital