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Explained: First 16-year-old voters are already political, but they need schools’ support

Teenagers who will vote in 2029 are forming views without...
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Explained: No internal audit for trust with £8.4m deficit

Trouble-hit Arthur Terry Learning Partnership could receive a further £1...
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classroom

Explained: How falling school rolls are not just London’s crisis

Declining childbirth rates are hitting school demographics with many schools...
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classroom

Explained: New powers to close academy trusts ‘must be used with caution’

Sector responds to news government is set to gain new...
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classroom

Explained: DfE plans to use AI to help answer your emails

Plans say system can reduce time to draft a response...
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classroom

Explained: Internal exclusion: Reset or rejection?

Government does not collect national data on internal exclusion. But...
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classroom

Explained: SEND roadshow sessions ‘have shaped our thinking’, insists Gould

Schools Week joined the schools minister in Darlington to discuss...
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classroom

Explained: Trust inspections and new intervention powers: What we know so far

Ofsted to inspect academy trusts for the first time and...
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classroom

Explained: New GCSE results app to be rolled out nationwide

It follows a pilot where just six per cent of...
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classroom

Explained: Ofsted MAT inspections could begin in 2027

New legislation will also give DfE new intervention powers to...
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classroom

Explained: Forget the buzzword bingo, here’s how schools can get belonging right

Children show us belonging is simple. If we see them,...
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classroom

Explained: Intentional design: What stewardship of the school system really demands

A mature school system should allow for specialisation without stigma...
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classroom

Explained: Lift academy trust set to hand over two special schools

The 58-school MAT believes both academies will be ‘best supported...
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classroom

Explained: Lessons for England on using AI to boost attendance

As schools here are given an AI-generated target for attendance,...
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classroom
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Providing Safe Spaces for neurodivergent children and why it’s important

Creating safe, supportive environments in schools and early years settings...
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