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As student teachers prepare to head into Scottish schools, Colin McGill addresses some of their most pressing questions

Schools’ right to exclude should be maintained, but this should not distract from the need to tackle the lack of staff and other critical issues that affect behaviour, says Andrea Bradley

A new research project aims to understand the realities of school governance on the ground to help inform decision making – and you can help

The ‘mixed’ health of Stem education in Scotland highlights the ‘indispensable role of school technicians’, says Alastair MacGregor

Since launching its ground-breaking nine-day fortnight a year ago, Dixons Academies Trust says it has seen a drop in staff turnover and sickness absence. Ellen Peirson-Hagger asks about the challenges and rewards of the policy

With Ofsted opting not to publish full responses to a consultation on its new framework, a survey by former senior inspectors offers a snapshot of what the sector really thinks

Is its ban on the International Baccalaureate just ‘Russia being Russia’ – as one international school leader put it – or could it represent a wider threat to international schools and the way they operate?

The Tasmanian government is to be the first to trial a version of England’s grouping of schools into trusts, writes Will Bickford Smith – but it won’t be adopting some aspects of the model

The number of International Baccalaureate schools is growing across the world – here’s a quick guide to the key aspects of the IB’s operations

Better quantity and quality of ingredients and financial savings have been just some of the benefits from the move, says this trust chief

Having an education secretary in the engine room of national politics would ensure that schools’ and children’s needs are voiced at the top table, says this MAT CEO

Class teachers must be given flexibility to go out into school grounds and beyond, says leading outdoor-learning expert Juliet Robertson