Government policy

Parliamentary briefing demands £700m school funding boost ahead of chancellor’s Spring Statement

School funding and finance

Free school meals: Calls grow for automatic enrolment and higher thresholds

Free School Meals

What opportunities does no Progress 8 give schools?

School improvement

Social media: Harvesting young people's data and attention for profit

Safeguarding

The councils facing insolvency due to SEND high needs deficits

SEND

What are ‘high and rising standards’ and how do we achieve them?

Accountability

Auto-enrolment for free school meals ‘a no-brainer’

Free School Meals

Must do better: Why Ofsted’s proposals are so dangerous

Ofsted

Report card: Ofsted has ‘learned nothing’ from Ruth Perry’s death

Ofsted

They promised change – but we face continuity austerity

Industrial action

National Audit Office issues stark warning over £13.8bn schools maintenance backlog

Facilities

SEN: A system in disarray, mired in red tape, and lacking funding

SEND