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Watchdog’s evaluation of its Education Inspection Framework says it may have resulted in schools focusing too much on reading

Labour wants more pupils with SEND in England to be educated in mainstream schools – so what can the country learn from Scotland, where this approach has been in place for decades?

With research revealing the gap between the number of children in poverty and those getting free school meals, the Education Policy Institute echoes calls for automatic enrolment

The author of a major new study into auto-enrolment for free school meals and the associated benefits it unlocks outlines the key findings – and what issues would still remain

Matt Wrack would be the first general secretary in the union’s history not to have a teaching background

The number of complaints made to Ofsted following school inspections has increased by 60 per cent over the last three years

Attendance rates for Scottish schools are among the worst in the UK – here we reveal the proportion of pupils regularly absent from school by council and sector

Attendance was a growing concern before the pandemic, so let’s not resort to simple answers to explain what’s going on now, says Ellie Costello from Square Peg

Generating a feeling of belonging in schools has been repeatedly cited as the key to solving multiple challenges, but is that claim supported by evidence? David Robson investigates

The number of students being physically abusive and violent in schools has increased over past year, teachers tell an NASUWT Scotland survey

Move comes as teachers report growing behaviour challenges, and amid uncertainty over behaviour policy

We should be wary of the increasing popularity of a ‘complexity reduction’ approach to school life, argues Jarlath O’Brien