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With the new Teaching School Hubs now halfway through their initial funding phase, 91¶¶Òõ investigates their impact on schools – and asks whether they are here to stay

This week’s essential news and analysis includes the reaction to the latest national teacher strikes, the start of ‘intensive’ pay talks and a big Budget announcement on primary schools

With Scotland’s big qualifications review taking place at the same time as the latest AI breakthrough, an overhaul of ‘prehistoric’ assessment is essential, says headteacher Dan Wyatt

If we are to reverse recruitment and retention decline and give teacher training the boost it needs then we need a radical solution to the inspection regime that governs it all

Curriculum design works best if teachers are given the autonomy to lead it – and time and money to match, says Ewan McIntosh

As the multi-academy trust sector evolves, many smaller trusts will be subsumed into larger entities. A former chief executive of a small trust talks candidly about what this experience is like – and the positive impacts it can have

As ASCL’s annual conference begins, general secretary Geoff Barton outlines why political posturing around teacher strikes is getting the sector nowhere and needs to end

School leaders and ministers have lamented the post-Covid drop in school attendance, but a tech solution may help schools reverse the trend, finds Dan Worth

Your round-up of 91¶¶Òõ’ essential news and analysis from the past week includes shocking research showing schools’ struggle to recruit staff, unions cranking up the pressure on teacher pay, and controversy over Ofsted’s latest move

The digital EHCPs promised in the government’s SEND reform will be a welcome step forward if the execution is effectively managed and the outcome reduces bureaucratic processes, writes Deborah Hollingsworth

The CEO of Star Academies talks to 91¶¶Òõ about his time in education, the teachers who inspired him, the power of MATs and why AI will transform education in the years ahead

Museum visits must be part of what a school offers – and an inspiring experience that ensures pupils aren’t being dragged around against their will, says this depute head