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A tale of two trusts: More academy chains £1m+ in the red, but others improve

3h | School funding
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Dave Woods, headteacher, Beaconsfield Primary School

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Lenehan: Pupils labelled ‘early’ when needs could be poverty-driven

2h | Inclusion

Get pay right or you’re in for a battle, union warns

2h | Pay and conditions
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Private special schools move into disused state sites amid SEND shortages

2h | Inclusion
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Church of England shelves consultation on multi-academy trust inspections

2h | Academies
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Government-funded ‘Get into Teaching’ events scrapped by DfE

2h | Recruitment and retention
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Nic Crossley

Inclusion is not a building project

Nic Crossley

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How to talk to families and staff about merging trusts

Jessica ShepherdLinda Tanner

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Kathryn Drapier

It’s time to make part-time possible

Kathryn Drapier

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Will Carter

Warning: school exclusions can be an ethical minefield

Will Carter

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Ed Dorrell

Phone bans and social media restrictions can’t come soon enough

Ed Dorrell

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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

7d | 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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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

Adrian Ball

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Using action research can help ease the transition from school

Amal Ali

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DfE should support struggling private schools to become academies

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Church of England shelves consultation on multi-academy trust inspections

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A tale of two trusts: More academy chains £1m+ in the red, but others improve

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‘Protect and nurture’ university role in teacher training, says outgoing UCET boss

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Warning: school exclusions can be an ethical minefield
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Inclusion is not a building project
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It’s time to make part-time possible
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