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Developmental coordination disorder (dyspraxia) affects as many children as ADHD but is widely misunderstood. So, what do teachers need to know about this condition?

Schools setting up internal alternative provision are navigating ‘uncharted territory’ because they lack guidance on what works, charity warns

South West trusts Olympus Academy Trust and Futura Learning Partnership are now consulting on their proposal to create a new multi-academy trust

ASCL and NAHT set out ‘unprecedented step’ being considered in letter to education secretary

The history taught in our schools should be focused on big themes rather than dates and events, says Paul Hamilton

A new bronze, silver and gold rating system showing a school’s approach to smartphone use aims to increase confidence to push for full bans, says scheme co-founder Max Haimendorf

A primary head explains how they knew it was time to establish a more robust ‘allergy-safe’ approach – and how they did it

The wait for this year’s Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, which was due to contain ‘substantive’ changes, is causing ‘unnecessary anxiety’, warn safeguarding leads

‘Next steps’ document shows when curriculum, qualifications and assessment ‘will start to feel different’

Giving schools less than a term’s notice of a new inspection framework is ‘entirely unjustifiable’, unions warn the education secretary

Too many care-experienced children are missing out on the advice and support they desperately need, yet Scotland has an opportunity to lead the way, says Kenny Graham

The DfE suggestion that EHCPs may not be the ‘right vehicle’ for SEND support fails to acknowledge the scale of the challenges that children with speech and language needs experience, writes Jane Harris