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When PSHE lessons become compulsory from September, schools will be presented with two choices: teach discrete lessons, or embed the content across the curriculum. But which approach does the subject justice? Alice Hoyle explores the options

Teachers are supposed to focus on grades, but should their priority instead be to make students feel good? Economist Richard Layard tells Simon Creasey why he believes the two aims aren’t mutually exclusive and why giving children regular contentment classes could have a lasting impact beyond the school gates

How the teaching approach inspired by high-performing East Asian education systems can be applied to maths in the UK

A lack of sleep affects learning – but are some US schools going too far in installing sleep pods? Grainne Hallahan reports

Research shows that teaching children how to talk effectively can have a profound effect on learning outcomes, yet many schools aren’t giving oracy skills the attention they deserve, finds Dan Worth

Students often struggle to adapt what they have learned and apply it to different subjects or to activities outside of the classroom. Jared Cooney Horvath looks at impediments to the successful transference of competency from one domain to another and what teachers can do to help

Using a play-based curriculum beyond Reception may seem brave in a climate where schools feel rushed to introduce formal learning, but primaries challenging the status quo are reaping the rewards, finds Helen Ward

Numbers are soaring and it is pivotal to the new curriculum, but in many schools RE remains on the margins