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Lucy Powell says ‘change will come’ on antisemitism in schools as she accepts all of the recommendations in Sir David Bell’s review

With the children’s commissioner sounding an alarm over the ‘childhood lottery’ of disadvantage, the Reach Foundation’s Ed Vainker shares the success of local partnerships involving schools, support services and businesses

The permanent secretary at the Department for Education is leaving her role after six years to be replaced by a top Home Office civil servant

The education secretary has said oracy should be given the same status as reading and writing – this is welcome but we have challenges ahead, says the head of oracy at Oasis School 21

Proposal to remove Sats would make sure schools are not incentivised to ‘teach to the test’, says IPPR research report

A record low proportion of governors and trustees want to take on the role of chair, National Governance Association survey also reveals

This year the government announced that Ofsted would inspect schools’ phone policies as part of a major crackdown on devices – but ÌÇÐÄVlog analysis reveals that such policies are rarely mentioned in inspection report cards

One in seven state schools in England has opted for a two-week October half term this year, prompting an academic to warn of a ‘postcode lottery for families’

The former inspectors behind the Alternative Big Listen survey are now asking for input from the sector on how Ofsted can, once again, try to improve its approach to inspection

We’ve had a change in government since sweeping reforms to the SEND system were set out earlier this year. Where does that leave the plans?

The Teaching Supply Alliance aims to give schools a ‘one-stop’ overview of research and policy reports on how to best recruit, retain and develop teachers

School inspection has lost sight of the principles behind its last fundamental reform – but there could be a way back, argues Adrian Lyons, former HMI and Ofsted national subject lead