What parents told us about their children’s mental health Parents across the UK are worried about the mental state of their children, reveals a new survey
2023 in review: How much more of a kicking can we take? We’ve been playing on a slanted pitch for far too long and players are abandoning the game
2023 in review: We look after more and more, but who looks after us? Becky Black reflects on a year when long-term disruption by RAAC resulted in a short pause from Ofsted. A parable for the education system as a whole?
2023 in review: Our focus must be on rebuilding a broken social contract Trust leaders must learn from our longest-standing institutions and put long-term aims over short-term results
2023 in review: We can no longer ignore the impact of poverty Four publications this month sum up the state of education policy at year’s end and make next year’s priorities very clear
Are teacher commutes getting any greener? Teacher commutes are decarbonising very slowly but there are signs that efforts are building up a head of steam
Building blocks for teaching tomorrow’s environmentalists The Crown Estate have launched two educational Minecraft worlds to engage young people with gree skills and conservation
The UK’s first biophilic school heralds the sustainable future of learning As COP28 draws to a close, Sumeet Bhatia reveals Cisco’s work with DfE to create a school to model the future of the education estate
Solutions to the mental health crisis can’t wait another day A second report from the Coalition for Youth Mental Health in Schools reveals a lack of progress and makes the urgency of action clear, say Erin Docherty and Gavin English