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Education secretary Gillian Keegan reflects on the positive role schools have played in welcoming children fleeing the war in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion in 2022

Labour will prioritise inclusion and use early identification of SEND in EYFS as one approach to alleviate the strains on the SEND system, writes Helen Hayes, the shadow minister for children and early years

This week’s essential education news includes ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis of what the biggest MATs paid their chief executives last year, and new government guidance recommending that schools ban phones

Stark inequalities in post-16 outcomes across the UK have been revealed by new research – with the problem ‘most acute’ in Wales

More staff and better training urgently needed to help pupils with additional support needs – even coffee shops set the bar higher for mandatory training, Additional Support for Learning Inquiry hears

Curriculum for Wales is meant to give teachers freedom but staff have been left needing support to understand what the expectations are, says Gareth Evans

Schools and trusts with private finance initiative contracts should start planning for when the deal expires – even if that’s several years in the future, says this legal expert

Training for Ofsted inspectors on small schools is welcome but these schools aren’t looking for special treatment, says the leader of a MAT that operates 22 small schools

Services such as social work, libraries and youth work will suffer if the Scottish government pushes ahead with plans to ring-fence £145.5m for school staff, say councils

The government turns down recommendations for 11-16 changes made by a House of Lords committee

Teachers need better guidance on dealing with violence in school, as well as confidence that incidents of concerning behaviour will be addressed properly, says Pam Duncan-Glancy

The ADES president also discusses an education system ‘in limbo’, approaches to teacher CPD, teacher numbers and why education directors are not resting on their laurels