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We can’t always know what a child is going through, writes trust leader David Clayton, who says his own childhood experience has shown him the need to make schools ‘sanctuaries’ for those suffering trauma in silence

Girls from lower-income backgrounds face a ‘double disadvantage’, University of Cambridge research shows

Year 4 saw the biggest increase in exclusions and suspensions last term, data submitted by more than 9,000 schools indicates

The popular assumption that watching TV with subtitles will help children to become better readers doesn’t hold true, write two reading researchers

Schools should not be ‘call centres’, warns teaching union as research reveals that nearly half of SLT staff spend more than 30 minutes a week calling parents

Schools are ‘navigating AI under real pressure’, says the IBO, as it publishes five draft AI design principles to provide schools with ‘a clear, values-led foundation’

Financial pressures are already forcing teacher training providers to close subjects and move training online, NASBTT research warns

Children’s commissioner is among those calling on ministers to restore absence to pre-Covid levels

Assessing oracy through AI would put ‘no increased burden’ on teachers, says the head of the Chartered College of Teaching

Could the use of AI help pupils to acquire knowledge faster and free up time for interdisciplinary projects, like running an Airbnb or building a drone? Inspired Education thinks so

The government’s launch of Mission North East is a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’, say this MAT chief executive, who outlines some key ways to ensure that the promise of the policy is fulfilled

Forfar Education announces plans for a new British curriculum primary school in Thessaloniki and the acquisition of a pre-school near the city