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It is important to empower pupils to explore history through personal narratives, while also enhancing their critical thinking, empathy and communication skills, says Nuzhat Uthmani

Reviews will focus on pupils not in school, those receiving a part-time education and those who are severely absent

Sir Kevan, previously school standards adviser at the Department for Education, will ‘challenge and scrutinise’ ministers as lead non-executive director

Watchdog urged to be more transparent about trials of new school inspection system if it wants to rebuild trust with the profession

Cuts being proposed by councils are tarnishing the credibility of a new deal to restore teacher numbers to 2023 levels, writes Emma Seith

DfE appoints an expert steering group to advise how National Professional Qualifications can be reformed

Three-and-a-half years since ministers promised to cut teachers’ weekly class-contact time by 90 minutes, Scottish teaching unions have set a tight deadline for progress

Co-founder of the resources platform is to step down as chief executive, Tes has learned

The discourse around the new Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill focuses on what academies will lose – but we should look at it holistically to see the benefits for all, argues Andrew O’Neill

Exclusive findings reveal huge variety in schools’ approaches to tracking progress, with most leaders saying they will struggle without P8

Legal experts say a misalignment of guidance used by professionals to record allegations of sexual abuse is failing teachers and pupils – with potentially devastating consequences. Ellen Peirson-Hagger investigates

Union could move to formal ballot if teachers show willingness to take industrial action over pay