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Labour’s policy to add VAT to private school fees would bring in £1.6 billion in tax revenues, finds the IFS

Helping pupils to carry out ‘social action’ work brings benefits to teachers – but many schools lack time and resources, finds report

Research shows a dip in the amount of reading children do outside of school as they move into Year 7, but Megan Dixon suggests a way to tackle this

An ‘uninterrupted passage’ through the entirety of the International Baccalaureate offers myriad benefits, says headteacher David Hicks

Reading over the phone to older people in the community as part of a free paired reading scheme is helping children to build confidence and develop a love of books, finds Clare Cook

Labour seems to be falling into the same trap as the government of failing to recognise the importance of experienced teachers in the profession, argues Yvonne Williams

Tes Scotland analysis of weekly attendance snapshots school attendance struggling to recover from Covid pandemic

There are areas in which the new guidance for the growth of MATs has failed to bring the needed clarity, argues Seamus Murphy

NEU joint general secretary Dr Mary Bousted believes the government meeting and funding a 6.5 per cent pay rise could bring an end to industrial action

The lessons of previous attempts to base public services in schools point us towards how we might finally make it work, argues Alasdair Macdonald

Education needs critical changes if every child is to have an equal opportunity to succeed, argues the shadow education secretary, writing exclusively for Tes

Fears sounded over whether under-pressure local authorities will ‘fully comply with their legal duties to children and young people with SEND’