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We’re putting trust leaders at the heart of policy development

CST’s new policy advisory group will provide ‘critical, front-line perspectives that will help to shape the policy landscape for…

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Retiring makes me a rarity – and that shouldn’t be the case

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Labour can’t be all talk and no action on oracy

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Budget 2024: Back to the future on school spending

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Opinion: Curriculum review

Labour needs to look no further in its curriculum review – a solution already exists

Everything the government wants to achieve through the Francis review is already being delivered in many of our schools

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Budget 2024: Schools must be front of the funding queue

£1.4bn pledged by the chancellor relates to the existing rebuilding programme, which will only reach around 500 schools, warns…

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Opinion: Curriculum review
The education secretary has launched a call for evidence into how AI could be used to benefit schools, but some are already using the technology

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Reassurances of ‘evolution, not revolution’ ignore the inconvenient fact that the revolution is already happening – and we’re not…

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How Labour can deliver a truly inclusive education system

The new government has a golden opportunity to end the box-ticking approach to inclusion and bring about a system…

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