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Schools scramble to write the rulebook for classroom AI

With pupils and teachers already using generative AI daily, education systems are rushing out guidance and legislation — an early, uneven attempt to set the terms before the technology sets them.

10 July 2026

British school brands race into Vietnam and the Gulf

A run of new campus openings for 2026-27 shows where international-school demand is growing fastest — Vietnam and Saudi Arabia — as famous British names plant flags in booming local markets.

8 July 2026

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UK private schools shed international pupils as VAT and visa costs bite

15 July 2026·5 min read

Phone-free classrooms become the rule, not the exception

More than half the world’s education systems now restrict smartphones in schools, and from September England makes it statutory — the clearest sign yet that the global mood on classroom phones has turned.

29 June 2026

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Dubai holds its inspection pause — and the ratings that set fees

Dubai's schools regulator has carried its pause on full inspections into a second year, freezing the ratings that determine what schools may charge and leaving parents to weigh cost certainty against fresh, public quality data.

18 June 2026

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IB scores edge up again as a record May cohort collects results

The International Baccalaureate’s May 2026 session drew its largest-ever cohort and a slightly higher global average, extending a steady post-pandemic recovery — even as war forced some candidates to be graded on teacher assessment.

6 July 2026·4 min read

Gulf exam halls fall silent as boards switch to teacher-assessed grades

Regional conflict forced the major exam boards to cancel summer 2026 sittings across several Middle East countries, replacing them with coursework, portfolios and teacher assessment for tens of thousands of international-school candidates.

20 June 2026

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The IB puts its first exams on screen

The International Baccalaureate ran its first live on-screen Diploma exams in May 2026, opening a phased shift to digital assessment that widens to any IB World School from November.

12 May 2026

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Schools scramble to write the rulebook for classroom AI

With pupils and teachers already using generative AI daily, education systems are rushing out guidance and legislation — an early, uneven attempt to set the terms before the technology sets them.

10 July 2026·5 min read

AI lifts output, not understanding — the warning schools can’t ignore

As generative AI becomes a fixture of student life, a growing body of research suggests it can inflate what pupils produce while leaving what they actually learn worryingly flat.

15 June 2026

The Canvas breach: one hack, millions of students exposed

A cyberattack on Instructure’s Canvas — the learning platform used by thousands of schools worldwide — exposed the data of millions of pupils and staff and knocked the system offline in the middle of exam season.

8 May 2026

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The revolving door at the top of international schools

A fresh wave of headship changes for 2026-27 has put a familiar problem back in focus: international-school leaders rarely stay long, and the churn is costly for the schools they leave behind.

1 July 2026·5 min read

The consolidation era: the school groups still buying

The world’s largest international-school operators kept expanding through 2026, buying campuses across new continents — and roughly two in five international schools now sit inside a group.

12 June 2026

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Wellbeing moves from perk to board-level priority

Under pressure to keep staff and students, international schools are treating wellbeing as a strategic issue — investing in support systems, local talent pipelines and leadership development rather than one-off initiatives.

5 June 2026

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British school brands race into Vietnam and the Gulf

A run of new campus openings for 2026-27 shows where international-school demand is growing fastest — Vietnam and Saudi Arabia — as famous British names plant flags in booming local markets.

8 July 2026·5 min read

Long waits, high stakes: the scramble for a school place

In the busiest markets, families are discovering that the hardest part of international schooling is not the fees — it is getting a place at all.

30 June 2026

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The international school’s new majority: local families

The families filling international-school desks are increasingly local rather than expatriate — a shift that is remaking how these schools teach, position and describe themselves.

22 June 2026

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The Gulf keeps winning the race for teachers

New applicant data shows the Middle East tightening its grip on internationally mobile teachers, as international schools everywhere compete for a limited pool of experienced staff.

26 June 2026·5 min read

The retention fight: keeping teachers, not just hiring them

With the world short millions of teachers and burnout widespread, international schools are learning that recruitment is the easy part — holding on to good staff is the real contest.

8 June 2026