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The schools waging war on smartphones

As concern mounts over the impact of smartphones, Jessica Hill investigates what being a ‘phone free school’ really means. When a pupil developed an addiction to pornography after seeing it for the first time on a school trip, Fulham Boys School headmaster David Smith found it  “outrageous that this happened on my watch”. He then […]

Features, tech-harms

SEND: DfE finally considers pupil impact of safety valve scheme

Move comes three years after controversial cost-cutting scheme was launched

News, SEND

SEND in crisis: NAO’s 8 damning findings

The government’s spending watchdog has called for ‘whole-system reform’ of special needs education, warning the system is ‘financially unsustainable’ and needs urgent solutions

News, SEND

‘Build up’ school scheme shelved (but £180k spent)

Ambitious project earmarked for London school on hiatus due to planning requirements and market conditions

News, School buildings

EdCity: The community inclusion HQ with schools at its heart

Ark Schools teams up with Hammersmith and Fulham council to turn a run-down playground into a new community

News, Schools

Phillipson hints at wider SEND reforms

Education secretary says ‘we need to have a conversation about how we look to reform the system overall’

News, SEND

Schools can now start to experience the joy of flex

Today’s report promises to finally get on top of a retention problem that has been dogging the profession for too long

Opinion, Opinion: Workforce

Labour faces pressure to ditch Tory RSHE reforms

More than 100 organisations warn draft RSHE guidance ‘falls short of what is required to help keep children safe, healthy and prepared for modern life’

News, RSHE

‘She makes me feel hopeful for the profession’

It’s a dream come true for any teacher to have a pupil go on to make a powerful impact on the world. For Zahida Hammond, that pupil – who sat in the front row of her Spanish classes “absorbing everything offered to her” – is likely to become education secretary after Labour’s election win today. […]

Features, Election 2024