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In our How I Lead series, we ask education leaders to reflect on their careers, their experience and their leadership philosophy. This month we talk to Andrew O’Neill, headteacher and currently school policy and delivery adviser to education secretary Bridget Phillipson

Speaking on a panel with the author of the review into the Neet problem, the former Conservative education secretary says Bridget Phillipson is right in prioritising school readiness

The government is approaching the mid-point of its term in office, so is it making progress on recruitment, behaviour, attendance and its manifesto pledges?

Most schools did not make any changes to the school day to accommodate England’s 2am World Cup match against Mexico

The EEF has produced a new research-backed toolkit to support inclusive teaching, which highlights the risk of approaches that ‘lower expectations’

The DfE publishes plans setting out its school improvement priorities for all of the nine regions in England

Academy trust sector body tells members it is ‘testing the legalities’ of the government’s plan to limit MAT senior leaders’ pay

The call from NEU’s Daniel Kebede follows England manager Thomas Tuchel, who told parents to ‘write an excuse for school and let children watch’ the World Cup match

The DfE has told schools they will need to find the first 1 per cent of next year’s teacher pay rise – but this money will be on top of the ‘financial headroom’ the government claims exists in schools’ budgets

Exam board apologises for ‘technical issues’ as government considers cancelling Pearson contract

Multi-academy trusts will need government approval before advertising chief executive salaries above £174,000, under plans announced today

Officials question schools that closed early last week because of the heat, telling them it is important for as many pupils as possible to attend