Our GAG pooling didn’t go to plan. Here’s what we learned REAch2 set out to resolve funding inequity across its schools by pooling its funding. It had to pause the plans – but here’s what they learnt (and why they are still doing it)
5 lessons from top trusts on parent communication Families do not always feel listened to or understood in school communications. Here’s some top tips to resolve that
It’s time to unite schools and health services … and here’s how Our Schools and Health Framework lays the foundations for partnership working, say Dawn Haywood and Claire Gething
We listened to schools on breakfast clubs – now we’re acting Early education minister says flagship free breakfast clubs will be game-changer for pupils with special needs as next rollout phase begins
This week’s best responses from our readers Science for all, minding the language gap, seeing ourselves and teaching fatigue
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