Andrew O’Neill, who was appointed school policy and delivery adviser under previous education secretary Bridget Phillipson, brings an early end to his secondment

Plus the week's talking points and events diary

Government told to ‘get a grip’ after Tes reveals ‘appalling’ reductions to schemes helping pupils at risk of serious violence

Plus pay tensions, talking points and the latest MAT moves

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Ormiston Academies Trust recalls ‘extraordinary man’ whose career encompassed medicine, education and public service

Plus the week's education talking points and events diary

Talk of teachers being told from the top which PowerPoints to use in their lessons has sparked criticism of curriculum centralisation, but what is really happening in trusts? Jasmine Norden investigat...

Experts warn of ‘serious flaws’ in the watchdog’s framework and question why schools with higher levels of SEND and disadvantaged pupils are getting lower grades

The latest Pisa international study has sparked many far-reaching claims that stretch what the data tells us - and England’s scores in reading and maths aren’t worth writing home about anyway, says Ch...

Every school needs to publish an inclusion strategy statement by 31 December - Jasmine Norden asks experts what should be in it and how to put it together

Suella Braverman also tells Tes the party favours Michaela-style behaviour rules, alongside plans to mandate hymns and flags in schools

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Summer policy announcements from the government with little depth risk undoing the excellent work of teachers over the past 10 years, argues the shadow education secretary

Another year of declining proportions of resit students achieving a grade 4 in maths and English has resulted in much discussion about whether young people are being set up to fail - and whether a gra...

Another year of most resit students falling short of the required grade 4 in English language and maths proves we need a change, argues ASCL chief Pepe Di’Iasio

Secondary schools are being pushed to boost reading, but what is the best way to do that? Rufus Thomas looks for clues in the Waterstones’ bestseller list about what teens actually want to read

A huge announcement on secondary education was made by Andy Burnham last night, begging a raft of questions. We set out the answers the sector needs and the detail - where it exists - we know already

Schools will be inspected by Ofsted on vocational offering, but sector leaders want more details on multiple aspects of the plans

Simon Connell, CEO of Baker Dearing, tells Tes why he believes the next step of the UTC movement should bring vocational learning into secondary classrooms

Schools will be inspected by Ofsted on vocational offering, but sector leaders want more details on multiple aspects of the plans

The DfE sets out proposals for schools to produce statutory support plans for pupils with SEND and for new national inclusion standards. Here’s everything you need to know about its reform plans

Jon Severs looks back at the two-year tenure of Bridget Phillipson in a post-reshuffle special Tes Daily newsletter

With the government planning trust-level inspections, the National Governance Association warns against judging MATs by looking at the overall performance of their schools

Experts warn the DfE plan to control trust chief executives’ pay could deter heads from becoming CEOs, and the £174K approval threshold could effectively become a pay ceiling

This morning's daily briefing from Tes magazine - lots of lovely feedback so thought I would post it here: “I am captain of the winged monkeys,” my son told me a few weeks back. I asked him if this w...

Patrick Wall will lead the Ark Schools multi-academy trust and Katie Oliver will be CEO of the organisation’s charitable arm