Email is the weakest link that could bring down your school One in four schools experienced a cybersecurity incident in the last 12 months
When everyone is SEND trained inclusion is part of your culture Julie Prentice shares five things she and trust colleagues learned from developing a SEND training model over the past four years
How we help SEND students gain qualifications and independence Close communication, working on life skills and connecting with the wider community are among the ways Launceston’s alternative resource base serves pupils
More work is need to tackle fragmentation in teacher development The decision of the Teacher Development Trust to become part of the Chartered College is exciting, but it shows the difficulties in the CPD market
Using action research can help ease the transition from school When transitions are not handled well, the impact on attendance, engagement and wellbeing can be long-lasting
We’re ready to train leaders to shape AI use in schools We want to guide teachers through an environment drowned in marketing but short on evidence
If middle leaders are crushed schools have no one to step up If we want schools that can thrive, not just cope, middle leadership has to be supported by design, not sustained by endurance alone.
Councils’ support of AP schools is proof they play a crucial role Local leaders understand that meeting the needs of vulnerable pupils requires both stronger inclusion in mainstream schools and high-quality specialist provision
We don’t yet know if new SEND roadmap gets us off road to hell The plan seeks to solve a problem not of this government’s making – and in the meantime we must support the professionals tasked with turning things around, says David Boyle