Features All Features Schools Investigation How hostile immigration policies are ‘piling misery on to children’ Thousands of traumatised Afghan children, displaced by the Taliban, face educational disruptions and funding shortfalls in the UK. Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Extra-curricular How a school’s new clubs are lifting attendance and wellbeing In an education world dominated by academic results, a West Sussex school is bucking the trend and focusing on… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Schools Who’s supporting school leaders to stop them hitting crisis point? Executive head Sara-Jane Baker has had a rough week. After a gruelling three-hour child protection review the day before… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Schools Reuben Moore, executive director, National Institute of Teaching How do you skill up the next generation of teachers without overloading them? And then keep them motivated enough… Jessica Hill 2mo Jessica Hill 2mo Schools Investigation Investigation: teacher deregulation, by the back door How teaching’s graduate status is being eroded Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo Politics Munira Wilson, Lib Dem education spokesperson Munira Wilson, the MP for Twickenham and since 2021 the Lib Dems’ spokesperson for education, proudly describes the party… Jessica Hill 3mo Jessica Hill 3mo MATs, Schools Wesley Davies, CEO, The Two Counties Trust Most MAT chiefs are lucky if they get to open one free school in their lifetime. Wesley Davies has… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Schools, SEND Ellie Costello, director, Square Peg Ellie Costello is at the front of a growing movement against the “one-size-fits-all” education system that creates, she says,… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Attendance ‘The new epidemic’: Why more pupils are missing school Absenteeism has become endemic in our schools. The search for solutions is keeping headteachers awake at night but, despite… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Schools Christine Stansfield, chief executive, Mowbray Education Trust Christine Stansfield tells me she was on the verge of pulling out of this interview because she feared she… Jessica Hill 4mo Jessica Hill 4mo Ofsted Ofsted left head feeling ‘powerless, weak and humiliated’ After the recent outpouring of anger over the death of Ruth Perry, a headteacher who described his Ofsted experience… Amy Walker 5mo Amy Walker 5mo pupil referral unit, Schools Inside a north London PRU Thirteen-year-old Maria* used to turn up at her pupil referral unit in the mornings already drunk on vodka. She… Jessica Hill 5mo Jessica Hill 5mo 1 2 3 4 5 6 26 Older Must Read Covid Exclusive DfE threatened with legal action over ‘unlawful’ Covid attendance rules The government is being threatened with legal action if it fails to update attendance guidance for vulnerable children and… James Carr 2y James Carr 2y Covid Academy trusts’ cash stash rises to £3bn despite pandemic pressures Academy trusts boosted their reserves and surpluses last year despite the upheaval of Covid, official figures show. New Department… Tom Belger 2y Tom Belger 2y