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Communicating not just how but why GCSE students should engage in textual analysis had always been a challenge for Sarah Ledger, until a book on The Beatles offered a new model

In our ‘My Week As’ series, a senior sector leader reveals what a typical week looks like in their role. Here, we talk to Becky Hill, data manager at an 11-school trust in Cheshire

United Learning’s head of music and performing arts explains how an opera project has taken students out of their comfort zone – with ‘remarkable’ impact

With even the youngest primary learners increasingly likely to have their own mobile phones, teaching online safety can’t start too soon, explains Daniela Grasso

While there is much to applaud in the new primary writing framework, it deals with the most critical part of writing as an afterthought, argues Megan Dixon

Acronyms like PEE and AFOREST, designed to help students structure their writing, don’t come close to capturing the complexity of learning in English, writes Zoe Enser

Navigating a complicated SEND system, while managing a child with complex needs, can feel exhausting for families, writes Leyla Gambell. This is how schools can help

Is a job at a school that has its own in-house curriculum a way to break away from the shackles of established programmes – or more hassle than it’s worth?

Mark Enser outlines why questions matter in the classroom – and how to support pupils to get better at asking them

Podcasts and videos from experts in different industries are helping parents and children to have informed discussions about a changing careers landscape, explain two senior leaders at International Schools Partnership

International Baccalaureate results are out – here’s how students performed in the Diploma Programme and Career-related Programme

The language we use around pupils’ transition to secondary school can heighten their anxiety, so it pays to choose your words carefully, says this leader