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New research suggests laughter and playfulness are key to helping pupils feel they belong and flourish – so does your school provide enough opportunities for this to happen?

A MAT CEO explains how its schools took part in a four-year project to bring pupils together across settings, with real impact

Schools need support to understand different factors behind exclusions – with disadvantage, SEND and students’ relationships all linked, study says

When she became headteacher of a failing school in an area of high deprivation, Lottie Bloom faced a steep learning curve. Here she shares her insights into turning the school around

Interventions don’t need to be long to deliver results, explains Clare Dash, whose doctoral research is exploring how a one-week residential is improving pupil behaviour and wellbeing

Australia’s eSafety commissioner has released the first findings in a longitudinal study of the effects of the country’s social media ban for under-16s. Here Luke Ramsden rounds up the key takeaways

Official guidance on single-sex spaces comes into force for schools today, but unions say it does not offer schools enough support and that it has arrived too late

When addressing anxiety about real-world events in the classroom, empathy is an understandable response – but pupils are better served if we help them to understand what has happened and why, says this humanities lead

Research by the NFER also reveals that parental fines for student absence are ‘counterproductive’

NEU general secretary Daniel Kebede reflects on how a new prime minister can take on social media legislation and ensure it truly delivers for schools

In many schools, PE only has a brief slot once a week, but this new school is putting physical activity front and centre to tackle pupils’ sedentary lifestyles – and boost academic outcomes

Resources developed by Oak National Academy aim to help schools teach the revised RSHE curriculum, which comes into force in September