News | Whole-school issues

Rewards or sanctions? What works when addressing secondary school absence?

Attendance

Dark side of social media causing ‘chaos’ in schools

Behaviour

Headteachers 'under siege' by parental complaints culture

Attendance

Schools in AI data protection and compliance warning

Artificial intelligence

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

Facilities

Cost of school uniforms begins to fall

Poverty

Pension shortfalls of up to £70,000: School leaders call for supplementary fund

School funding and finance

Only 1% of school leaders say they have enough money to fully meet pupils’ needs

School funding and finance

School buildings: ‘Absolute catastrophe averted through sheer luck’

Facilities

Teacher retention: 10 flexible working enablers, 9 workload priorities, and 3 leadership actions

Recruitment & Retention

Government's mobile phone 'ban' ridiculed

Legislation and guidance

Concrete crisis: Tensions rise over DfE's 'name and shame' threat

Facilities