International

Emotionally based school avoidance is often a particular problem for autistic students, writes educational psychologist Sue Sheppard, but there are ways for schools to offer support

Hitting the target is one thing, but the government must also ensure that the right teachers are brought into the system, says the NFER’s Jack Worth

The new Inclusive Teaching Framework, produced by a collaboration of cross-sector organisations, offers practitioners a needs-based approach to supporting students with SEND

We can’t always know what a child is going through, writes trust leader David Clayton, who says his own childhood experience has shown him the need to make schools ‘sanctuaries’ for those suffering trauma in silence

The principal of Rugby School Nigeria says international schools benefit from reaching out into their local communities – and can help to drive positive change

A principal in the UAE reflects on how their school has supported students, teachers and parents during the conflict in the Middle East – and how this proves that schools are more than just places of learning

Qatar has told schools to get ready to reopen next week, while two major groups in the UAE have asked permission to do likewise, but caution remains amid ongoing uncertainty

The popular assumption that watching TV with subtitles will help children to become better readers doesn’t hold true, write two reading researchers

Schools are ‘navigating AI under real pressure’, says the IBO, as it publishes five draft AI design principles to provide schools with ‘a clear, values-led foundation’

Undirected play with small materials can support a wide range of learning outcomes, but practitioners need time and support to use the approach well, writes Lucy Fox

From better understanding mark schemes to seeing more ways that students approach questions, this is why exam marking can be a huge career boost

Assessing oracy through AI would put ‘no increased burden’ on teachers, says the head of the Chartered College of Teaching