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30 April 2026

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Supply staff agency fee caps: What schools need to know

10h | Academies
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Shan Scott, former chief schools adjudicator

6d | Profile

Ofsted: More inclusive schools more likely to be graded down, analysis suggests

13h | Ofsted

‘Postcode lottery’ for absence fines remains despite standardisation

13h

16-19 performance measure shake up: What you need to know

1d | Assessment

Ministers to get softer on English and maths resit entries but tougher on results

1d | Assessment

Maths pupils ‘make slower progress in mixed ability classes’

1d | Assessment
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Daniel Kebede

Social media time limits won’t protect children

Daniel Kebede

| Opinion: Safeguarding
Rebecca Maw

Young people don’t need a voice, they need a role

Rebecca Maw

| Opinion: Leadership
Simon Garrill

School admissions are a moral choice

Simon Garrill

| Opinion
Claire Archibald

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

Claire Archibald

| The Legal Leader
Esmat Jeraj

Democracy starts in the classroom

Esmat Jeraj

| Opinion: Curriculum
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Will local government reorganisation improve SEND?

6d | Inclusion
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New heads need more than a one-off qualification, say charities

6d | Leadership and governance
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Shan Scott, former chief schools adjudicator

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Earning the right to deprivation funding

31 Mar 2026 | School funding

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Guy Shears, CEO, Central Region Schools Trust

24 Mar 2026 | Profile

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Lessons from the frontline of Russia’s propaganda war
10 Mar 2026 | Schools

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Will reforms fix the SEND funding crisis?
27 Feb 2026 | Schools white paper

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Sharing not siloed: The special schools bringing inclusion into the mainstream
17 Feb 2026 | Inclusion

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Does Ofsted’s approach to achievement data add up?
16 Feb 2026 | Ofsted

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

Claire Archibald

6d | The Legal Leader
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Why we’re replacing local governing bodies with regional school boards

Adrian Ball

2w | The Boardroom Leader

Using action research can help ease the transition from school

Amal Ali

11 Mar 2026 | The Research Leader

DfE should support struggling private schools to become academies

Tom Richmond

27 Feb 2026 | The Research Leader
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