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While short-term indicators may raise concerns, ministers point to progress made in the education outcomes of looked-after children over a decade and a half

As a new school year approaches, a head offers advice for any setting that may be about to implement a stricter mobile policy – and explains why it is worth the effort

The Scottish government is still talking about working ‘to create a plan to reduce contact time for teachers’ – days after the deadline John Swinney set councils to deliver ‘a credible proposal’

The CEO of charity Parentkind shares advice on what schools can do to foster strong relationships with parents and avoid confrontations

Research evidence can act as a school’s ‘north star’, writes the EEF’s co-CEO, helping teachers and leaders to focus on the ‘best bets’ for making a difference to pupils

A Scottish Covid Inquiry report shares the views of 2,000 young people on what schools and teachers should do to protect learning in the event of another pandemic

News of Gillian Hamilton’s departure follows two failed attempts to recruit a permanent chief executive for Education Scotland

School pupils are not being given enough information about menstruation, warns University College London study

Educational inequality has become ‘more pronounced’ since Covid, warns report highlighting the low attainment of disadvantaged white pupils

A bleak new children’s commissioner’s report reveals where schools need to focus pastoral efforts to tackle the concerning impact of pornography on young people

This summer we’re rounding up some of our most popular recent features on different education topics. Here are our top five reads for school leaders

More than a third of parents are using ‘buy now, pay later’ schemes to afford school uniforms, a charity survey shows