A researcher shares lessons from a study of seven schools where disadvantaged pupils beat national averages for reading and writing at the end of key stage 2 ...

A new requirement for trusts to work together brings up the question of how to do that well. Professor Michael Green breaks down four approaches to collaboration that deliver real impact ...

The experience of colleges with government pay controls suggests academy trusts will be left in limbo waiting for executive ...

Amid fierce criticism of its school inspections, Ofsted has been asked by education secretary Lucy Powell to go ‘back to the drawing board’. John Roberts assesses whether it can find a path out of thi ...

An independent report into the new Ofsted framework offers positive signs that inspections are doing what they were designed to do, despite identifying areas to improve, argues Lee Owston ...

It may feel as though change is the only constant in education policy, but looking to predictable undercurrents could help schools to pre-empt the next political shift, writes Loic Menzies ...

Despite Ofsted welcoming findings from an independent evaluation of its inspections, heads’ leaders question Sir Martyn ...

Trusts running specialist schools come in a range of shapes and sizes - but how are they evolving and what role will they play in the government’s SEND reforms?

The programme, called GR8 School, will launch in 2027 and use an interactive learning platform to track pupil progress, with teachers - ‘human mentors’ - stepping in to support when required ...

NEU calls for tests to be scrapped after survey highlights teachers’ fears that they will narrow the curriculum and crank up ...

International schools have historically been not-for-profit institutions set up to serve expats, but the schools now being opened overseas by UK private brands are different, says this experienced hea ...

Feeling overwhelmed and high levels of distrust have also been identified as core challenges in a new study into primary to secondary transition, finds Jasmine Norden ...