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We need our trust CEOs – and they need our support

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Trust leaders are invited to join new network to shape conversation and improve collaboration

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Safeguarding: the golden thread that holds a school together

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Schools that thrive are the ones where the culture is embedded and ‘good enough’ is never enough

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Special schools can lead the way in tackling NEET crisis

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Pupils will thrive if personal development is considered as essential as academic attainment

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Take action early to help children in care

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Schools play a key role in dictating whether problems of early disadvantage get better – or worse

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New PM must tackle long waits for children’s mental health help

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Colossal challenge ahead as shocking data reveals more than a million children have active referrals

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Legal: What changes to pay and conditions mean for academies

Employment solicitor, Heather Mitchell looks at how provisions in the schools bill could affect the academy sector

School improvement is too human to be codified

The idea of ‘codifying’ school improvement is an impractical distraction from our most important work

Ofsted’s consultation process is as worrying as the proposals in it

From the proposals to how they were arrived at and how they will be assessed, nothing suggests Ofsted has learned from its recent troubles

What’s in a name? Why Ofsted should do away with set descriptors

New evaluative terms like ‘Exemplary’ and ‘Causing concern’ will be just as stifling and soon just as toxic as the ‘Outstanding’ and ‘Inadequate’

How engagement data can transform pupil outcomes

Our interim report shows the value of pupil engagement data for schools and policymakers driving up inclusion

Year-round special schools are the radical approach we need

The capacity crisis in special schools demands radical thinking, and the 50-week special school might just be the solution we need

What Chicago taught us about making schools more inclusive

A pilot programme building on the US city’s 5Essentials framework has provided our schools with powerful new ways to assess performance

ITT providers’ eight priorities to better support inclusion

While MPs call for a ‘clear, costed plan’ to solve the SEND crisis and a definition of inclusive education, ITT providers are awaiting the publication of the new Ofsted inspection framework. Their hope is that it will bring some clarity on expectations in these critical areas. Supporting new teachers in developing the necessary skills to […]

How Labour can fix accountability to drive the inclusion it wants

Curriculum and inspection reforms offer hope of fixing our dysfunctional system – but only if new metrics also promote inclusion

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