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Pronouncing pupils’ names correctly helps them feel welcome – particularly in an international school, says Marym Elagha

But total reach represents barely half of 1.4m children on free school meals that Labour believes should benefit from NTP

Former schools commissioner criticises DfE’s plan for a new teacher training organisation

Chosen providers will deliver face-to-face and online training programmes for new teachers and their mentors

Schools will also receive separate funding for mentors as part of the Early Career Framework, DfE says

Now, as schools prepare to open more fully once again, questions about the old structures are arising: how much of what we once did is now possible? And how much of what we once did should we be striving to reinstate? In this special audio edition on reimagining schools, we ask a series of questions to try to find out if there really is – and should be – another way.

Poll suggests 81% of North East schools not using National Tutoring Programme and 31% of those that do may not continue

Misogynistic extremists are grooming young people online, so it’s vital that teachers are able to spot the signs, says Thomas Michael

The current cohort of trainee teachers have had an introduction to the profession like no other – and they need our support more than ever, writes Jonny Kay

Expecting staff and pupils to carry on as normal while suffering terrible period pain is ‘brutally unfair’, says Gemma Clark

Radio and social media adverts booked by government as poll finds 27% of public oppose 8 March school openings

Shamima Begum’s story shows how crucial it is to talk to pupils about extremism, says one of her former teachers