Safeguarding

Tens of thousands of pupils are being removed from mainstream education through an increase in ‘informal practices’ such as off-rolling, Coram Children’s Legal Centre warns

Schools should not be able to adopt the ‘not seen or heard’ policy on mobile phones, education committee argues

Most primary schools without a nursery do not intend to open one and many lack suitable space, research finds

Designated safeguarding leads should be given ‘protected time’ for supervision support to help them cope with the stresses of the job, leaders tell a Tes safeguarding event

More and more schools are going into lockdown because of perceived security threats – but if they don’t handle this the right way, they can face serious problems, warn these trust leads

Safeguarding leaders tell Tes the proposed changes to the official guidance are more extensive than in previous years and will demand more time for implementation

As England presses ahead with plans for a full phone ban in schools, a new report suggests the impacts can be less clear-cut than many would hope for, says Luke Ramsden

Suspensions have risen in primary schools but fallen in secondaries. Here, education leaders tell Tes what they think is behind the contrasting trends

In response to a rise in antisemitic incidents in schools, an independent review led by Sir David Bell has issued a call for evidence

Schools will be expected to ‘see’ the whole child by both government and Ofsted, but are they set up to achieve that aim, asks Mark Enser

Exam board says digital literacy should not be optional if young people are to be prepared for the demands of modern life

If we get the right data in the right context to the right people, we can transform our understanding of pupils, argues David Hatchett