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As schools await the findings of the ongoing curriculum review and the introduction of a new Ofsted framework, leaders should concentrate on their school’s core values, writes Zoe Enser

The whole education sector – and parents, too – would benefit from a ‘carefully designed and sensitively implemented’ inspection system for MATs, claims this CEO

The government says all pupils will have access to in-school mental health specialists by 2029-30. But so far the rollout has been unequal across the country, leaving some settings without the benefits others enjoy, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Leader of one of England’s biggest academy trusts is leaving after nearly 10 years at the helm

New government guidance for schools on tackling racism is timely amid a rise in far-right narratives and hate speech, says diversity expert

Do you have to like your students, or even ‘love’ them, to be a good teacher? Bernard Andrews goes on the hunt for a definition of pedagogical love

Students’ use of drugs and alcohol is contributing to violent and disruptive behaviour in schools, teaching union warns

But Scotland’s biggest teaching union warns that ‘policies alone will not address the serious issue of violence and aggression’ in schools – and that more funding is needed

Education ministers questioned on SEND reforms, teacher recruitment and screen time in schools today

But four in five schools in Scotland have improved their grounds over the past three years, according to a report from Learning through Landscapes

There has been a big rise in informal exclusions as schools try to ‘circumvent’ policies that make it harder to formally exclude care-experienced pupils, warns report

The petition – published on the Scottish Parliament website – is calling for the GTCS to be replaced by a government agency