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New research reveals a fifth of families with children under six are living in conditions that negatively impact education attainment and health

Sufian Sadiq explains why trying to impose identikit behaviour management policies ignores school context and risks alienating children and communities. Instead, more nuanced and long-term views must be taken

This week’s education news round-up includes reports of pupils crying over the difficulty of this week’s Sats reading paper, Ofqual guidance on mock GCSE exams and an investigation into the drop in the number of teachers over 50

A leader at a school that has run a student mentor programme for over 10 years explains how to make it work and why it’s so beneficial for all involved

Academics have told a Commons committee that a review of RSE should stick to the evidence base and not react to ‘sensationalist examples’ of bad practice

As new research reveals that attending a ‘high-achieving’ school is a risk factor for mental health problems, psychologist Tara Porter considers what this means for how teachers work with their top attainers

Three-fifths of teachers spend more time dealing with pupils’ emotional needs and behaviour than before the pandemic, survey finds

A leader explains how they turned to social media to help drive attendance and punctuality among pupils in their school

Children’s commissioner report on the link between pornography and harmful sexual behaviour among pupils calls for several reforms of RSE teaching in schools

This week’s round-up includes a plan for education unions to coordinate strike action, a High Court challenge against Ofsted and the DfE spending £350K on wildflower seeds

It is ‘not good enough’ that almost half of schools in Northern Ireland teach little or nothing about sexual consent, an Education and Training Inspectorate report says

Primary schools will receive more than 200,000 wildflower seed packets to mark King Charles’ coronation