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The number of children not in education across the globe is rising – and failure to invest in schooling now puts the future stability of our planet at risk, writes this trust finance chief

Pennine Alliance Learning Trust and Trinity Multi-Academy Trust had been exploring a possible merger, but the process has now ended with one chair stepping down

The acquisition in Switzerland takes the international school group’s global total to at least 126 schools as market consolidation continues apace

Drawing on local context can make learning feel more relevant for pupils, but if this principle is taken too far, it risks narrowing their horizons, writes Mark Enser

Ofqual doesn’t tell us the proportion of GCSE and A-level grades that contain marking mistakes, says Dennis Sherwood, but deciphering the available data raises the possibility that it’s an alarmingly high figure

International Education Strategy gets its first update since 2019, as Labour touts demand for UK education worldwide

Ofsted will check mobile phone policies in every inspection, with schools expected to be ‘phone-free by default’

Scotland’s education secretary ‘urgently’ wants to find ‘creative ways’ to encourage primary teachers to retrain for the secondary sector to help with staffing problems

The government wants pupils’ needs to be identified and addressed ‘early’, but we lack a shared understanding of what early intervention looks like, says special-school head Simon Knight

The 43-school trust says the improvement in its finances reflects ‘strong expense management and receipt of unbudgeted income’

Ashley Harrold will head up UK operations, while former Gumtree CEO will take over the Online Schools division

A leader in Singapore shares a raft of ways to embody compassionate leadership for the benefit of your school community