Suspension rates fall for first time since Covid lockdown Exclusion rates for last Autumn also fell to pre-pandemic levels
Leaders should feel ‘energised, not anxious’ about Ofsted changes, says Oliver Chief inspector says he wants heads to feel ‘comfortable and motivated by the changes’
This week’s best responses from our readers Science for all, minding the language gap, seeing ourselves and teaching fatigue
Progress 8: A third of pupils’ GCSE entries don’t fit reformed measure Changes will make ‘little difference’ to scores but likely to affect qualification entries, finds Datalab analysis
Question level analysis is a waste of your time… so stop When used correctly data can help inform important school decisions, but there is always a danger one reads too much into the numbers
New enrichment benchmarks will be a boost, not a burden Ask any teacher what they remember from school or college and it won’t be a test score
Beyond EBacc: How to get the next accountability shift right As history has shown us, any new public policy performance measure leads to the system adapting its behaviour
As AI does our work, it may destroy the reasons we learn Deference to machines raises questions not just about what and how we learn, but why, warns Lawrence Foley
Why it’s time to turn SEND training ‘inside out’ Working from a diagnosis seems obvious but has limitations – so teachers need to anticipate pupils’ needs, says Dr Anne Heavey