Features All Features Features Surrey Square: The school that policy forgot Ask most people what they know about the Old Kent Road and they’ll probably tell you it’s the cheapest… Freddie Whittaker 12mo Freddie Whittaker 12mo Profile Emma Hollis, CEO of NASBTT NASBTT chief executive Emma Hollis tells Schools Week about guiding providers through the ‘bruising’ ITT review, and how we… Lydia Chantler-Hicks 12mo Lydia Chantler-Hicks 12mo Academies Profile ‘Carrying the responsibility of a trust is a 24-hour-a-day role’ Diversity, deprivation and tackling parents’ abuse of home education – Sian Hampton tells Jack Dyson about a life that… Jack Dyson 12mo Jack Dyson 12mo Inclusion Investigation Private special schools charging councils £100k fees failed standards checks Private equity-owned independent special schools which charge councils fees of up to £131,000 a year are among hundreds that… Rosa Furneaux 1y Rosa Furneaux 1y Features The Labour standards tightrope: Can they fix schools without results slipping? England may be the ‘best in the west’ for reading and writing. But pupils are less happy, behaviour is… Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Profile Sarah Smith, Labour MP and opportunity mission champion ‘Labour’s priority is to deliver happier children’ Freddie Whittaker 1y Freddie Whittaker 1y Politics Investigation Is VAT on fees really to blame for private school closures? A deluge of media fury has blamed recent private school closures on the government’s decision to impose VAT on school… Rosa Furneaux 1y Rosa Furneaux 1y Inclusion Long read Promise of eye tests in all special schools will create ‘huge unfunded burden’ Schools Week joined health minister Stephen Kinnock in Brent to look at the practicalities of the government’s pledge to… Lucas Cumiskey 1y Lucas Cumiskey 1y Features Investigation The schools waging war on smartphones As concern mounts over the impact of smartphones, Jessica Hill investigates what being a ‘phone free school’ really means…. Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Teacher training and development Profile Sharing the load with education’s newest teachers After feeling weighed down by the demands of school life in Australia, Yalinie Vigneswaran from Ambition Institute tells how… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Features Long read Phoenix flying in to launch SEND classrooms Could a trial in a London borough that supports special schools to set up provision in mainstream schools provide… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Education technology Profile Twinkl – from little star to master of the edtech universe Founder Jonathan Seaton tells how his wife’s frustration at poor teaching materials birthed an edtech empire that now supports… Jessica Hill 1y Jessica Hill 1y Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 32 Older Must Read Covid Exclusive DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and… James Carr 4y James Carr 4y Covid Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department… Tom Belger 5y Tom Belger 5y