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Schools

RAAC: Why have we tolerated this ‘ticking timebomb’ for so long?

While the dangers of reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (RAAC) have only recently been on the public’s radar, it has…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

How hostile immigration policies are ‘piling misery on to children’

Thousands of traumatised Afghan children, displaced by the Taliban, face educational disruptions and funding shortfalls in the UK.

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Extra-curricular

How a school’s new clubs are lifting attendance and wellbeing

In an education world dominated by academic results, a West Sussex school is bucking the trend and focusing on…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Who’s supporting school leaders to stop them hitting crisis point?

Executive head Sara-Jane Baker has had a rough week. After a gruelling three-hour child protection review the day before…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Reuben Moore, executive director, National Institute of Teaching

How do you skill up the next generation of teachers without overloading them? And then keep them motivated enough…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Investigation: teacher deregulation, by the back door

How teaching’s graduate status is being eroded

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill


Politics

Munira Wilson, Lib Dem education spokesperson

Munira Wilson, the MP for Twickenham and since 2021 the Lib Dems’ spokesperson for education, proudly describes the party…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
MATs

Wesley Davies, CEO, The Two Counties Trust

Most MAT chiefs are lucky if they get to open one free school in their lifetime. Wesley Davies has…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
SEND

Ellie Costello, director, Square Peg

Ellie Costello is at the front of a growing movement against the “one-size-fits-all” education system that creates, she says,…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Attendance

‘The new epidemic’: Why more pupils are missing school

Absenteeism has become endemic in our schools. The search for solutions is keeping headteachers awake at night but, despite…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Schools

Christine Stansfield, chief executive, Mowbray Education Trust

Christine Stansfield tells me she was on the verge of pulling out of this interview because she feared she…

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Ofsted

Ofsted left head feeling ‘powerless, weak and humiliated’

After the recent outpouring of anger over the death of Ruth Perry, a headteacher who described his Ofsted experience…

Amy Walker
Amy Walker

Must Read

Covid

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
James Carr
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
Tom Belger