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The government says it wants to improve life expectancy – but it is ignoring the fact that the funding crisis in SEND education is one of the reasons why lives are cut short, writes Ed Dorrell

It would seem so. It looks like the use of the phrase ‘little extras’ wasn’t a little mistake: it’s exactly what Philip Hammond thinks

The chancellor’s use of language in this afternoon’s Budget was patronising at best. Schools are facing real cuts and making real redundancies, writes Ed Dorrell

Pepper the robot’s visit to Parliament was an ill-judged stunt that totally missed the mark, writes Tes’ Ed Dorrell

In the short time that Barry Smith has led the Great Yarmouth Charter Academy, he has generated a blitz of controversy. In an exclusive interview, Tes asks him about school improvement, exclusion and that ‘McDonald’s haircut’

It wouldn’t be the reversal of academisation but it could make some sense of a confused schools system, says Ed Dorrell