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From an introductory phone call to a visit from the CEO, this trust has used a number of approaches to ensure trainees feel supported

Uneven spread of pupils with special educational needs and disabilities puts ‘significant pressure’ on inclusive schools, warns report

Lack of guidance on using the SEND register leaves schools under- and over-recording pupils as needing support for special educational needs and disabilities, say leaders

The latest cohort brings the total number of hub lead schools to 57, with more expected to be announced

Education committee chair Helen Hayes asks education secretary for ‘specific’ steps being taken to involve schools and parents in plans as ‘equal participants’

Headteachers’ leaders dismiss new individual attendance targets for every school as a ‘Whitehall diktat’ that will be an extra burden on staff

New Zealand is reforming its approach to teaching maths with a model inspired by the success of ‘structured literacy’. But are the methods really so revolutionary? Holly Korbey investigates

But hours after the pay deal announcement details emerge of a ballot on strike action over teachers’ class-contact time

The claimaints’ call for a judicial review over smartphones in schools argues that DfE guidance does not go far enough to protect pupils

Schools that volunteered to be first for new inspections should be allowed to withdraw because of changes announced by Ofsted just days before the new system begins, say heads’ leaders

As the profession digests the curriculum and assessment review’s recommendations, thoughts turn to putting them into practice, write Tracy Goodyear and Sam Gibbs

Teacher training providers also call on government to set up a national body for early career and trainee teachers