Advances in AI technologies are creating new and evolving safeguarding challenges for schools. The increasing availability of AI tools has made it easier than ever to create, alter and repurpose images, raising significant concerns about privacy, consent and online safety. Alex Dave, safeguarding lead at edtech charity LGfL – The National Grid for Learning, explores the issue

The Education Estates Strategy sets out an ambitious long-term plan to renew and modernise schools and colleges in England. But funding and programmes alone will not determine whether it succeeds. Delivery will depend on whether the education sector can build a professional, skilled and resilient facilities management function for the decade ahead, writes Mike Agate from IWFM

The most significant barriers to equitable recruitment are rarely obvious. Natalie Turner, recruitment manager at Shaw Education Trust, argues that by rethinking everything from job adverts to application processes, schools can widen access to talent, strengthen retention and foster a more inclusive culture