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Schools cannot continue to add indefinitely, so they must make difficult decisions about what professional learning to prioritise, say Sam Gibbs and Kathryn Morgan

Schools will be inspected by Ofsted on vocational offering, but sector leaders want more details on multiple aspects of the plans

A new DfE ‘similar schools’ measure, launching this September, is aimed at helping the government and Ofsted to understand how well pupils in one school are achieving compared with those in schools in a similar context

Many secondary students do not see science and religion as ‘contradictory’, UCL research suggests – and ‘connected’ teaching of the subjects can encourage further Stem studies

As the new education secretary begins her tenure, ASCL leader Pepe Di’Iasio outlines three priorities in her in-tray

Should private schools accept that VAT on fees is here to stay, or could political winds of change shift again one day, asks HMC CEO Simon Hyde

Research also warns that exam anxiety is contributing to a ‘steady decline’ in life satisfaction among young people

The intensive training and practice grant will only be given to training providers that tailor their content to supporting pupils with SEND and adaptive teaching

How the lesson from a famous short story underlines why schools should always question their own long-held practices – and be willing to try new things

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

The DfE team has been reshuffled, with Lucy Powell now taking the helm as education secretary. But who will she be working with?

When looking at inclusion data, whole-school averages conceal a lot, says Beth Williams. It’s only by digging further that helpful patterns start to emerge, as a recent research report shows