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1 in 3 secondary heads leave within three years

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Schools to fork out £310m to subsidise free meals

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Ofsted should fail schools on phone use, say Conservatives

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Texting parents number of school days missed improves attendance, study finds

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Revealed: 5 key findings from Ofsted teacher training review

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‘Call out schools attempting to curate their rolls’, urges trust CEO

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Schools to be tasked with ‘ensuring pupils have a post-16 destination’

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Oak National Academy judicial review restarts as talks fail

Ofsted

Union tells school leaders to demand Ofsted risk assessment

Climate change

Two thirds of schools have no sustainability lead, poll suggests

Recruitment
Recruitment and retention

1 in 3 secondary heads leave within three years

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Schools to fork out £310m to subsidise free meals

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Ofsted should fail schools on phone use, say Conservatives

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Texting parents number of school days missed improves attendance, study finds

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Schools to be tasked with ‘ensuring pupils have a post-16 destination’

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Opinion

Opinion: Leadership

Let’s make Black school leadership the expectation – not the exception

This Black History Month, let’s celebrate those who have broken through and join them in lifting others up

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Patrick Cozier
Opinion: CPD

Goodbye CPD: Ofsted is ushering in a new era of growth

The renewed framework’s focus on professional learning is not just semantic. It could mark the end of fragmented, ineffective…

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Professor Stuart Kime and Professor Rob Coe
The Research Leader

‘Dreadful parents’: What do teachers really think?

Our data shows teachers don’t see parents as a key cause of worsening behaviour – but it doesn’t let…

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June Stevenson
Opinion: Solutions

Six steps for delivering a mental health peer support programme

Getting students to support each other’s wellbeing can be highly effective, but getting it right requires time and effort

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Monisha Jefcut
Opinion: SEND

Labour’s SEND reforms must put the onus back on the NHS

Conflation of ‘SEN’ and ‘SEND’ in the last set of reforms has contributed to shifting nursing responsibilities onto schools

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Emma Smith
The Research Leader

How can we finally make financial education a reality?

Our gold-standard research shows how government can deliver what the public at large wants – without over-burdening teachers

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Johnny Runge
Opinion: Solutions

How to unleash the power of multilingualism in school

The decline in formal language learning coincides with a growing abundance of languages in our classrooms. Here’s how to…

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Glynis Lloyd
The Legal Leader

What does new anti-fraud legislation mean for schools?

A new law coming into force this month raises the bar in terms of how schools are expected to…

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Kamal Chauhan and Charlotte Cassells

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‘Dreadful parents’: What do teachers really think?

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Stat of the nation

What’s really behind white low-income pupils’ underperformance?

A deep dive into new data reveals attention to this cohort is not just political grandstanding

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The Boardroom Leader

Boards must step up to the growing challenge of SEND – here’s how

Here’s how our trust has put SEND at the heart of its boardroom decision-making and it’s having a transformative…

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Charlotte Harding
The Business Leader

The windfall that could save schools a fortune

Good financial news is hard to come by for the education sector, so don’t miss this opportunity

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Benedicte Yue and Steve Simkins
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The Intradev breach is a wake-up call on cyber risk management

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Claire Archibald
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Mental health investment could transform GCSE results

A new report shows that supporting young people with mental health would improve school outcomes and boost the economy

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Catherine Roche
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Readers’ responses

Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

Missing! A piece of the admissions puzzle. A ministerial responsibility. Support for familes. And clarity from Ofsted.

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A monstrous admission, a deafening silence, a dangerous manifesto and a turn of the tables

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Primary testing, the demise of a Schools Week standard, farming for engagement, chunking EHCPs, and a conspiracy flushed out

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Schools Week’s legendary cartoonist hangs up his pen, perceptions of behaviour diverge, and a data disaster looms

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