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AP is being used as a stopgap for shortcomings and a lack of places in the SEND system, major report warns

Safeguarding lead Thomas Michael asked pastoral staff what they wished teaching staff knew about the nature of their roles, and vice versa. Here’s what he found

The Archbishop of Canterbury is to launch a programme to help secondary school students navigate a ‘polarised world’

For pupils who struggle to regulate their emotions, school can feel too overwhelming to attend, but at this AP staff are helping students overcome these issues, as headteacher Robert Bell explains

91¶¶Òõ investigation reveals huge surge in demand for pupil referral unit places amid concern over ‘extreme’ behaviour and lack of specialist support

New data also shows that a third of disadvantaged pupils were persistently absent last term

An education adviser in an international school group discusses the challenge of focusing on student wellbeing across several schools in an era where nothing seems certain

Headteacher Peter Bain looks at approaches schools are taking to internal truancy, a major concern amid the ‘low-level behaviour crisis’ in Scottish education

Pastoral leadership takes more than just being ‘good with the tough kids’, says Mohamed Ibrahim – you also need to apply research to the role

The Department for Education is expected to publish the initial recommendations from its workload reduction ‘task force’ today

Scottish government also being urged to give clarity to schools on ‘boundaries and consequences’ in the wake of research showing that behaviour is deteriorating

This week’s essential education news includes the two main parties revealing plans to tackle post-Covid pupil absence and an appeal to Ofsted to reduce the fear of inspection