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Keeping schools mentally healthy: sometimes young people just need to talk

Sometimes young people just want to talk, says Lisa Fathers, who explains how the devolved administration in Greater Manchester...

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LISA FATHERS
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If schools want more money from government, they must use funds efficiently

The government’s scheme for providing financial advice to schools is helping them redirect more resources to the frontline, argues...

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LORD THEODORE AGNEW
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PRUs shouldn’t just be part of the flowchart

England is recreating the old grammar and secondary modern system, only this time, based on behaviour not attainment, says...

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JULES DAULBY
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Here’s the Lib Dems’ vision for the school system of the future

Teachers are overworked, undervalued and underpaid and we need to resource them better, says Layla Moran, setting out the...

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LAYLA MORAN
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The edtech strategy is a great leap – but backwards

A new government edtech strategy has been released, but does it stand up to scrutiny? Tony Parkin isn’t convinced…...

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TONY PARKIN
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The school appeals system is cementing inequalities: it’s time for the government to rethink admissions

The promised review of the school admissions system needs to materialise if the government wants to fulfil its social...

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EMILY HUNT
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Schools and their pupils are clear – no one is an outsider

For the UK’s LGBT+ educators, these past few weeks have felt like going back in time. But equality is...

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MATT HOOD

Boys Don’t Try? Rethinking Masculinity in Schools

This book opens with stark facts about the gender gap – not only in school, but in society: 96...

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Exclusion or poor mental health: which comes first?

Children excluded from school are more likely to have poor mental health than their peers, but the direction of...

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TAMSIN FORD