Opinion

Pay and conditions

Three reasons this week’s STRB letter is game-changing for women

Long-running campaigns have been ackowledged and action will surely follow on fair pay and conditions

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Vivienne Porritt
Policy

Finding the missing piece of the school improvement puzzle

A new research commission aims to unearth rapidly scalable insights about student engagement data – and you can be…

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Jonny Sobczyk Boddington
Solutions

Solutions: Five ways for leaders to fly the flag for maths

A ‘phonics for maths’ is the right aspiration for government, but why wait to start priming teachers for a…

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Susan Okereke
School improvement

School improvement: All eyes on the OpEx prize

New ISBL research shows the few who have embedded the operational excellence approach have reaped benefits that could be…

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Bethan Cullen
Academy trusts

The benefits of a ‘try before you buy’ approach to joining a trust

Joining a trust can feel like finding a port in a storm, but rushed decisions are risky. Our new…

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Mark Bryant and Neil Miller
The Knowledge

Home truths (and myths) about life skills in our curriculum

New international evidence shows England is an outlier in its approach to skills to the detriment of equity and…

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Mark Boylan
Community

Some commemorations demand more than the usual assembly

The anniversary is a good time to rethink how we mark events and teach young people about the complex…

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Sharon Booth
SEND

This parliament is our best hope of SEND reform in a generation

The government is determined to fix our ‘lose, lose, lose’ SEND system – and this parliament has the knowledge…

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David Baines

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Latest Research

The Knowledge

Home truths (and myths) about life skills in our curriculum

New international evidence shows England is an outlier in its approach to skills to the detriment of equity and…

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The Knowledge

The Knowledge. How can Labour ensure oracy delivers on its promise? 

New Sutton Trust research reveals variation in schools’ approaches and a lack of evidence on how best to maximise…

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Rebecca Montacute
The Knowledge

What do we now know about young carers’ attendance?

Research to be published later this month reveals stark findings about young carers’ attendance and their experiences of education

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Andy McGowan
The Knowledge

What is driving the rise in home education?

Government figures show a rise in home-educated children. A detailed survey of 1,220 families sheds light on their decisions

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Katie Finlayson
The Knowledge

The Knowledge. Is online professional development better than in-person?

The teaching profession is in wide agreement about the importance and potential of professional development. The school calendar has…

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The Knowledge

The Knowledge: How can we restore a love of writing among young people?

Amid evidence of a sharp decline in young people’s enjoyment of writing, our new report sheds light on where…

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Professor Becky Francis
Governance, The Knowledge

Why community engagement has to be a priority for all trusts

New research from GovernorHub shows trusts are not living up to their own stated desires to prioritise local communities

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Ellie Cheshire
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The Knowledge. What teachers think about feedback

A new survey reveals the key barriers that stand in the way of feedback leading to improvement

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Latest Reviews

The Conversation – with Sarah Gallagher

Oracy and toothbrushing, phone bans and mental health, reading for pleasure, and the start of a headship journey

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The Conversation – with Frances Akinde

Phone-free schools, assistive technology and the link between autism and mental health

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The Conversation – with Rob Gasson

The curriculum review, Ofsted reforms, headteacher retention, and the detoxification of edu-social media

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The Conversation – with Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell

The legacy of the summer riots, self-compassion, ethical leadership and connecting beyond social media

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The Conversation – with Frances Akinde

Enrichment, parental complaints, summer teacher attire, term-time holidays – and a festival

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The Conversation – with Fiona Atherton

Rising fines for school absence, deep and meaningful curriculum conversations, and growing great leaders

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The Conversation – with Rob Gasson

A big listen on oracy, a not-so-golden thread on recruitment and a falling out about who should and shouldn’t…

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The Conversation – with Sarah Gallagher

‘Telling off’ your staff, the cultural capital gap, the maths curriculum and test-induced anxiety

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