With employers today looking for more than just academic excellence, has the current education system become out of step with the demands of modern society? Deputy Head & DSL at King’s College School, Wimbledon, Richard Amlot, explores how, while exams remain important, re-imagining the system to include developing holistic, future-ready skills, character…

After much thought and consideration, the Business Department at Morrison’s Academy, Perthshire, have made the decision to remove most technology from lessons, apart from where it is needed for pupils with Additional Support Needs. Head of Business at the school, Craig Roy, outlines the reasoning behind the move and how there has been a shift in pupil attention and engagement since the change.

Cokethorpe School, Oxfordshire, has developed a structured integration programme designed to support pupils entering Year 7. Redefining the traditional model, new pupils now take part in an overnight camp. Head of First Form at the school, Amy Prior, explains more.

When financial pressure intensifies, should smaller schools retreat – or should they look to redefine access? At St John’s Priory School, Oxfordshire, a new community partnership revenue model has been launched, seeing 25 new part-scholarship places for local state school pupils to attend the school full-time created. Designed as a proactive response to the current climate, Proprietor of the school, Kane Andrews…

With the recent release of the SEND White Paper, Octavia Lemon, SENCo, at Demetae Academy, Staffordshire, offers her thoughts on the planned reforms and why it’s important to not lose sight of the children who it will impact most. The government’s White Paper has triggered immediate reaction across UK news and is dominating discussion across social media. But beneath the political argument of SEND reform lies a simpler truth…

Under Martyn’s Law, or the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, operators of public events are required to adopt standardised anti-terrorism safety practices. Martyn’s Law for schools will require senior leaders to reassess and, potentially, enhance existing safety plans…

How can schools use AI to enhance – rather than replace – the human relationships that make great teaching possible? Vice Principal of Westbourne International, Ed Swanwick, examines how the sector’s independence can enable innovation. Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept; it’s a present reality reshaping industries at extraordinary speed. In the workplace, AI is automating everything from data entry to complex analytical tasks…

School leaders are increasingly called upon to navigate the opportunities and risks of generative AI (GenAI) in schools. One of the most pressing – and often overlooked – challenges is bias: the ways in which GenAI can reinforce stereotypes and even exclude certain individuals and communities. But what can schools do to address it? Director of Innovation at Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools (Habs)…

With recent headlines suggesting that “across a range of sectors, the UK’s most powerful and influential people are still 5 times more likely to have attended private schools than the general population1,” Principal of Stephen Perse Foundation, Cambridgeshire, Richard Girvan, argues that instead of independent schools being seen as obstacles to social mobility…