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6 January 2025
Healthy friendships are crucial for children’s self-esteem, belonging, and success in school and life. Positive relationships improve attendance, academic performance, and overall wellbeing. Children learn relationship skills early at home,…
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10 top tips on nurturing children’s speech and language development. Be a conversation starter - First things first, be a conversation starter and get children talking! Take this a step…
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The government’s new schools bill will dominate education policymaking for the next few years, before changes start to feed into classrooms across the country from 2026 onwards. New teachers in academies…
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The Big Conversation: In conversation with the Children’s Commissioner and her youth Ambassadors is my podcast series where she share the voices and views of England’s children. The podcast draws…
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The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, introduced to Parliament on 17th December 2024, prioritises children’s welfare in government policy. Central to the government’s Plan for Change, the Bill aims to…
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Headline facts and figures The data shows that the attendance rate across the 2024/25 academic year to date was 93.8%. The absence rate was, therefore, 6.2% across all schools. By school type,…
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The government published revised attainment figures for KS2 assessments this year. Headline facts and figures: Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (combined) 61% up…
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We are all aware of the headlines, 1/3 of teachers leave the profession within 5 years and over 40% within 10 years (www.epi.org.uk (2023)). This challenge is most acutely felt in school who serve the most deprived communities…
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Through the Big Listen, children, parents, carers and professionals told Ofsted that the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system is ‘broken’. Families shared heartbreaking stories of their fight to get…
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Sara Sharif was killed by the people in her life that should have loved her the most – and they must now face the consequences of that terrible act. Her…
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The DfE’s evidence to the School Teachers’ Review Body states that a 2.8 per cent award for 2025-26 would “maintain the competitiveness of teachers’ pay despite the challenging financial backdrop the government…
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In this podcast episode we take a deep dive into the different roles and models of executive primary school leadership, looking at best practice and how executive leaders can best…
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