Policy

SEND reform plans are needed by June – and government will withdraw services from failing authorities, local officers have been warned

Scotland has many half-empty rural primaries and oversubscribed urban ones – and both scenarios prompt concerns about equitable access to education, argues Catriona Egerton

The education charity becoming part of the Chartered College of Teaching will strengthen professional development in the sector, write the chief executives of both organisations

Labour’s plans for SEND and inclusion give us hope, says Vic Goddard, but now the question is how committed the government is to making them work

There must be plenty of teachers who are neurodivergent, but we never hear about them, says one former head who has ADHD. Are they getting the support they need in schools?

The chair of British Schools in the Middle East reflects on how, with the conflict causing huge uncertainty, the international schools community in the region – and beyond – has rallied together

The plan to lower the voting age makes sense because our current system denies students who are learning about democracy the chance to participate in it, says this teacher

Defeated amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill was supported by the House of Lords and teaching unions

Leaders say the government’s claim that schools can afford teacher pay rises ignores their growing costs, including the prospect of energy price hikes due to the Middle East conflict

Don’t dismiss the female presentation in the rethinking of the autistic spectrum, argues Dr Sue Franklin

As part of our thought experiment series, David Hatchett argues that banning setting in schools would greatly enhance outcomes for students and the skillsets of teachers

Tweaking the requirement for GCSE students to read a 19th-century novel could add diversity while maintaining rigour and reducing teacher workload, argues Robert Eaglestone