JL Dutaut | Schools Week

Schools need more support for students’ mental health

On World Mental Health Day, Allie Denholm says there’s a lot schools can do to support pupils with increasing mental health needs – but they can’t do it alone

Supporting schools to tackle and prevent gambling harms

A new framework is designed to help teachers and leaders approach the growing concern of gambling harms with confidence, writes Jane Rigbye

SEND: Why we’re going beyond inclusion to belonging

With the SEND review in the balance, Marios Solomonides explains why his trust is taking matters into its own hands in developing a SEND strategy

NTP: Better, faster evaluation data is now urgent

An absence of positive and compelling evidence is putting the tutoring programme at risk, writes Adam Alagiah-Glomseth

Equality of opportunity requires a united education sector

New school-university partnerships could reshape the sector’s capacity and boost equality of opportunity, explains John Blake

“Brilliant!” Gullis warms the fringe of an icy Tory conference

Gallows humour and Gullis high spirits gave welcome light relief from the open warfare on the floor of this week’s Conservatives conference, writes Jonathan Simons

The Knowledge: This week’s research highlights

School leaders’ changing approaches to recruitment and retention, effective CPD, and the impact of the cost of living on ethinic minorities

The Review: Head Trauma by Nick Smith

Contrary to the title’s implication, this book isn’t just the diary of a headteacher. It is the diary of Nick Smith’s career, from trainee teacher, to NQT, to head of department, to deputy and, finally, to the top job. Describing the reality of life in school, Smith communicates the stresses and rewards of each stage […]

The Conversation – with Robert Gasson

A children and families strategy, childcare support for teachers, an interview with Sir David Carter and behaviour in AP