8+ hour, 42+ min ago  (861+ words) As leaders, we spend a lot of time thinking about what needs to improve. We worry about the challenges we know are coming and the risks that keep us awake at night. What we spend less time considering are the…...

19+ hour, 44+ min ago  (1021+ words) School governance leaders have welcomed plans for tighter controls over academy trust chief executive pay, but trust leaders have warned that the change risks slowing down senior appointments. The Department for Education has announced that multi-academy trusts will need government…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (393+ words) Epsom College has announced it will expand its international school presence into the Middle East, with two schools planned in the United Arab Emirates. The first to open will be Epsom College Abu Dhabi, set to begin welcoming students from…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (925+ words) My message [to the Department for Education] would be to try to find a way to give schools more autonomy and agency because [the statutory school phone ban] is undermining schools" ability to do the best practice for their context....

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (568+ words) There is a particular kind of dread most teachers know well. It arrives somewhere around the second week of the summer holidays, when the euphoria of the last day has faded and the nagging concern begins. It might be that…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (611+ words) Headteacher unions have challenged Ofsted over its decision - described as "inhumane" by one leader - to continue school inspections during record heatwaves last week. Headteacher Chris Edwards said he was encouraged not to defer an inspection during last week's red alert…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (941+ words) I have had the privilege, over the course of my career, of working in many schools serving communities facing enormous disadvantage. I have seen schools transformed, pupils exceed every expectation placed upon them, and teachers achieve extraordinary things in circumstances…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (808+ words) Every week at our international school in Belgium, pupils across our early years phase head off-site for a two-hour visit to the Tervuren Forest that we are fortunate to be next to. During these visits, there is always a moment…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (772+ words) It is completely normal for teenage boys to care about their appearance. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be healthy, to work out or to have a good skincare routine. But now a practice called "looksmaxxing" is flooding social…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (770+ words) Every week at our international school in Belgium, pupils across our early years phase head off-site for a two-hour visit to the Tervuren Forest that we are fortunate to be next to. During these visits, there is always a moment…...