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The government says all pupils will have access to in-school mental health specialists by 2029-30. But so far the rollout has been unequal across the country, leaving some settings without the benefits others enjoy, finds Ellen Peirson-Hagger

As cohorts in Year 6, 11 and beyond prepare to pull on their leavers’ hoodies this summer, Kulvarn Atwal reflects on the joys of being a head

Do you have to like your students, or even ‘love’ them, to be a good teacher? Bernard Andrews goes on the hunt for a definition of pedagogical love

The director general of the International Baccalaureate says education needs to confront huge social and technological changes, not shy away from them

But four in five schools in Scotland have improved their grounds over the past three years, according to a report from Learning through Landscapes

In the push to make pupils more ‘resilient’ there can be unintended consequences, particularly for neurodivergent children, writes Charlotte MacDougall

Call for all eligible children to be automatically enrolled for FSM follows the government announcement that it is expanding the entitlement from next year

S1-3 students whose families receive the Scottish Child Payment will be eligible for free school meals in eight council areas

For our series in which headteachers outline what makes the job so rewarding, Helena Marsh explains why helping staff to grow and develop is so gratifying

One in six secondary students has missed school at least once because they did not have something they needed, polling shows

School leaders are in the privileged position of being able to help struggling families, though battles have to be won to do it, writes this co-chair of the Headteachers’ Roundtable

New DfE research offers insightful analysis of the relationship between mental ill-health and school absence, including some findings that challenge conventional wisdom, writes Luke Ramsden