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Curriculum for Wales is meant to give teachers freedom but staff have been left needing support to understand what the expectations are, says Gareth Evans

The children’s commissioner told Commons Education Select Committee MPs today that she would like to get a national picture of how schools restrict mobile use

An ASCL poll has found that 50 per cent of school business leaders are considering leaving their role in the next three years

Barak Rosenshine’s principles of instruction underpin many teaching approaches used in classrooms today. But how much do we know about the research behind them? Christian Bokhove takes a look

The increase in violent behaviour in Scottish schools has also left some staff suffering PTSD, warns EIS union

Services such as social work, libraries and youth work will suffer if the Scottish government pushes ahead with plans to ring-fence £145.5m for school staff, say councils

Teachers need better guidance on dealing with violence in school, as well as confidence that incidents of concerning behaviour will be addressed properly, says Pam Duncan-Glancy

Guidance says school behaviour policies should make it clear that pupils can be searched for mobile phones and similar devices

Arguments for inclusion usually draw on moral grounds, but there are economic reasons to make schools more inclusive, too, says Rob Webster

Teacher workload is highlighted as a major concern during a teaching union event at the Scottish Labour conference

A DfE report suggests that half of children in specialist provision could attend mainstream – but head Nigel Matthias says this overlooks what’s best for many pupils

Half of school business professionals warn their school is set to run out of money within three years