Imperfect Leadership

The prevailing narrative about school leadership in England has often been centred on talk of transformational leaders, superheads, and...

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SEND

Professional development on SEND is bottom of the pile

Special educational need CPD must be prioritised, says Karen Wespieser. The OECD’s latest data on teacher working conditions and...

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KAREN WESPIESER
Opinion

Knife crime: why a slogan on a T-shirt is not enough

When the student council of a north London secondary met to discuss knife crime, the discussion soon moved away...

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GERRY ROBINSON
Opinion

The patterns and trends that shape pupils’ lives

These three studies used different methods to explore phenomena affecting young people, whether transitions and attainment, special needs and...

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LOIC MENZIES

The Thinking School

Kulvarn Atwal boasts an impressive history of school improvement that gives his views immediate credibility. In this book he...

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Opinion

I am a classroom teacher and I want isolation booths

Isolation rooms are calm, orderly environments with a clear routine. And behaviour is better in schools that have them,...

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STEVE GARNETT
Opinion

Numbers alone can’t tell us that off-rolling has taken place

Schools sometimes put their interests first when a child is removed from their roll – which is why Ofsted...

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DAN OWEN

Robin Conway’s top blogs of the week 24 June 2019

A thought on creating a learning culture @SaysMiss At this time of year, when there may be more mental...

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Opinion

The importance of early language development

Many conversations in education these days seem to come back to the idea of early language development as fundamental...

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TAMMY ELWARD