Schools Week includes the full speech delivered by Angela Rayner MP, Shadow Education Secretary, yesterday during the Labour Party Conference.

Tes profiles Becky Parker, director of the Institute for Research in Schools and former head of physics at The Godolphin and Latymer School in London. By Martin George.

Laura McInerney, co-founder of Teacher Tapp, writes in Schools Week debating whether pupil behaviour is the reason behind teachers leaving the profession.

A research paper, presented at the British Educational Research Association, has shown teachers with strong characters and a 'wider passion about the world' make the biggest impression on their pupils. By Roger Baird, Tes.

Javed Khan, Barnardo’s chief executive, has warned three children in every classroom are suffering with mental health issues as a result of the internet and social media. By Charles Hymas, The Telegraph.

The Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has called for puddings to be banned from school meals in a bid to cut excess sugar. BBC News.

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