Opinion

Why academy trusts matter – and why we need a tinder for MATs

The model enables great trustees and leaders to make an impact across a whole group of schools, writes Mark...

Mark Lehain
Mark Lehain
SEND

How inclusive are mainstream schools?

Schools Week investigates the challenges in fixing a broken SEND system

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Schools

Rye College: Ofsted inspects school at centre of gender row

Inspectors sent in to East Sussex school rated 'good' earlier this year

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Grammar Schools

Grammar school inclusion plan had little impact, DfE admits

Government tells selective schools to 'challenge themselves to do more' as proportion of poorer pupils rises by just 0.7%

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Careers

Fund careers advisers directly to ease burden on schools, DfE told

Leaving schools to foot the bill is creating 'significant disparities' in provision, says committee

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Politics

‘Complain, don’t withdraw kids’ over RSHE concerns, says Gibb

Minister says parents don't have a 'veto' over relationships and sex education content but urges use of complaints procedure

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

Minister wants schools to benefit from AI revolution

Data privacy experts consulted over future use of pupil data by artificial intelligence

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Schools

School leaders and governors named in King’s birthday honours

Forty-eight people with links to England's school system named in honours list

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Teacher strikes

NEU pays £150k to support staff unions over ballot dispute

TUC panel rules vote of support staff breached principle about recruiting members of other unions

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker