Anxiety over periods is a major issue for girls, as Youth Sport Trust survey highlights gender divide in PE and physical activity participation levels ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Wide disadvantage gap has not shifted but the proportion of pupils with SEND meeting the phonics standard reaches new high ...

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