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As Year 13s get ready to say goodbye, Luke Ellmers and Maja Trachonitis offer their tips for managing four common concerns

This week’s essential education news includes the DfE under fire for not scrapping single-word Ofsted judgements and warnings about funding for a teacher pay rise

A behaviour curriculum can be effective – but only if those who create and implement it are honest about what needs fixing and clear about what’s expected

From famous faces to local success stories, past pupils can be a source of huge inspiration – so here’s how to make the most of them

Report warns against ‘punitive approaches’ like parent fines to tackle the problem of low school attendance

Headteacher Ruth McFarlane – who knocked on 1,000 doors to better understand the challenges she faced – explains what her school did to gain recognition for its work on wellbeing

Schools have a major role to play in nurturing positive mental health – but they can’t do this alone, says Billy Burke

Commons Education Select Committee launches an inquiry into the attainment gap between girls and boys

More children in Northern Ireland waiting for speech and language therapy per head of the population than anywhere else in the UK, ministers told

Academic results don’t tell the full story – so this international school has created a holistic assessment method to measure students’ development in mind, body and spirit

One in five schools is now running a food bank, says report warning that policymakers are unaware of the scale of child hunger

After an unpleasant atmosphere at an inter-school sporting competition, a senior leader at an international school says it is important healthy competition remains just that