Social mobility can be harmful if it means ditching your roots Schools need to replace deficit-based narratives with approaches that celebrate belonging, dignity and identity affirmation, says Danielle Lewis-Egonu
Mental health and school dissatisfaction driving more children into home education Heads’ leader says it’s ‘vital to ensure that families have made the choice to home educate for the right reasons’
Trust CEO, ex-civil servant and safeguarding expert join Ofsted board Lucy Heller, Hardip Begol and Alan Wood among five new appointments to governing board of the inspectorate
The school business leader role has evolved, but do policymakers know? Today’s practitioners lead across finance, estates, people, digital systems, governance and organisational improvement. The language we use has not kept pace with that evolution
Given the choice, do we want SEND segregation in education? If we accept specialist facilities should exist primarily to support inclusion, rather than as parallel systems, we must consider how to measure their effectiveness
We need your input to ensure NPQs provide the skills needed in schools The demands on leaders are shifting, and the frameworks that support them have to move too. Evidence and practice evolve, so must NPQs
Why digital transformation must be a priority for schools in 2026 AI tools to improve teaching, workloads, admin and pupil results are all here – the challenge is to implement them equitably, says Chris Thackray
First 16-year-old voters are already political, but they need schools’ support Teenagers who will vote in 2029 are forming views without the structure or understanding schools should provide
What we learned from four Ofsted report card inspections If the renewed framework can play a role in supporting our own high expectations, then we welcome it with cautious optimism