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8 May 2026

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Much-delayed RISE local plans set for summer release

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New service launched to help schools with cyber attacks

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Attendance and behaviour will remain linked, says Ofsted

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Data reveals untapped educational psychologist pipeline

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From the frontline: Ofsted, funding and industrial action

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Schools will not be added as safeguarding ‘fourth partner’

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DfE ‘ignores’ special school staff in annual workforce forecasts

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Stephen Mitchell

Some children need drama before they can find their voice

Stephen Mitchell

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Kieran Smith

Why schools must protect a child’s sense of belonging

Kieran Smith

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The curriculum review gives us a chance to get RE right

Donna LeeRussell Gray

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Jude Yoxall

Good sleep hygiene is crucial in the battle to improve attendance

Jude Yoxall

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Cerian Parker-Yeates

Teaching pupils how to choose their values is a form of civic literacy

Cerian Parker-Yeates

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Dave Woods, headteacher, Beaconsfield Primary School

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Will local government reorganisation improve SEND?

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New heads need more than a one-off qualification, say charities

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Shan Scott, former chief schools adjudicator

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Earning the right to deprivation funding

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Guy Shears, CEO, Central Region Schools Trust
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Lessons from the frontline of Russia’s propaganda war
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Will reforms fix the SEND funding crisis?
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Sharing not siloed: The special schools bringing inclusion into the mainstream
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Operational excellence is the next frontier for school improvement

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Fixing the teacher pipeline means looking at the joints, not just the flow

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AI, subject access requests and metadata: What schools need to know

Claire Archibald

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Why we’re replacing local governing bodies with regional school boards

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Ark boss Lucy Heller to step down after 22 years

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Movers and shakers: Ofsted, DRET, The Brilliant Club

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More DfE change as new regional director revealed

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Nottingham professors to lead university teacher trainers’ body

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Data reveals untapped educational psychologist pipeline

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Staff to strike at England’s largest exam board

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Why schools must protect a child’s sense of belonging

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Good sleep hygiene is crucial in the battle to improve attendance
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