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Heads know their support staff deserve proper pay rises but without new funding to cover the increases, tough decisions lie ahead for schools with large numbers of support staff – with so-called ‘magnet’ schools and special schools being hit the hardest

As edtech becomes more commonplace across school estates, is it time to provide leaders with more information about the firms they are buying products from? Dan Worth reports

New DfE guidance for schools on searching, screening and confiscation comes into effect from September 2022. We round up the key information schools need to be aware of

Theme park design empowers students to be the architect of their own world and set out a sustainable future, says Helena Good

Your roundup of ÌÇÐÄVlog’ most popular news and features articles from the past week includes all the reaction to the teacher pay rises, a big announcement about Sats and Ofsted’s concerns about schools being too focused on exams

The tendency to ask schools to address all of society’s ills is unfair on teachers, suggests a Scottish policy forum – and Henry Hepburn agrees

Sam Freedman outlines what each candidate’s win could mean for the sector – from the possibility of compulsory maths until 18 to a renewed focus on the skills agenda

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The Labour shadow schools minister and MP for Portsmouth South speaks about which former education secretary he would have in his dream staffroom...

A school whose name connects it to the slave trade has a duty to confront its past, says headteacher Melvyn Roffe

Jack Worth from the NFER explains why the rise in salaries – despite being the biggest increase in years – has worked out badly for both staff and schools, and why fixing this should be an urgent job for the next prime minister

ÌÇÐÄVlog breaks down the different teacher pay increases announced by the government yesterday – and why they have already proved so controversial