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Warning that ‘school just isn’t working’ for white working-class children, the education secretary promises policy to address this is in the forthcoming Schools White Paper

The inclusion of English as an additional language in the new inspection toolkit means schools need to look again at this area of provision, writes Katherine Solomon

Children are going through puberty earlier than ever. What does this mean for education? David Robson investigates

Shadow education secretary Laura Trott warns against ‘pursuing inclusion at the expense of order’ at Conservative conference today

A new approach to inclusion has helped one school to reduce exclusions to zero and significantly cut suspensions. Phil Humphreys and Kiran Gill explain how

As schools across the country struggle to tackle persistent absence, Zoe Enser offers advice on how to make sure any gaps in attendance don’t translate to gaps in learning

The common belief that international school leadership is ‘a precarious and dark industry’ has been challenged by new research – although its author admits more could still be done to improve leaders’ longevity

The report from the world’s largest survey of teachers is out now – with findings on staff shortages and retention, as well as CPD needs and how well prepared teachers are to teach in multilingual classrooms

Maths scholarships worth £31,000 are being scrapped, while awards for modern foreign languages will fall by £6,000 under new DfE guidance

Leader of the biggest MAT tells the UK Covid inquiry that while his trust was making preparations for closures in March 2020, he was not aware of the DfE issuing directives to local authorities

Former Ofsted chief inspector tells the Conservative Party conference that there is a lack of subject scrutiny in the new report card system

NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman tells Conservative Party conference event that he suspects union policy will come out in favour of a ban