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“Little extras”: A failure of presentation, not policy

Philip Hammond could have scored a win today by announcing new capital funding for schools – but he packaged...

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JONATHAN SIMONS
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Is the policy of academy re-brokerage improving outcomes?

School re-brokerage is becoming an increasingly important feature of our school system, but what impact does this have on...

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JON ANDREWS
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Is it legal for councils to fine schools for excluding pupils?

The desire to achieve a reduction in exclusions is plainly to be welcomed, but councils can’t just impose a...

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RUSSELL HOLLAND

Amir Arezoo’s top blogs of the week 15 Oct 2018

  On the sacred and profane of powerful knowledge @edsacredprofane A microcosm of wider debate on social media, online educational...

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Talent architects: how to make your school a great place to work

This book is for you if you want to make your school “the best place to be”: the best...

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How can we encourage effective collaboration in the classroom?

Helping students work well together is just as important as the end result, explain Ruth Johnson and Ayesha Ahmed...

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RUTH JOHNSON
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A nerd’s guide to today’s key stage 4 data

NFER’s chief social scientist picks apart today’s Progress 8 results… Today’s release of provisional GCSE data makes very interesting...

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ANGELA DONKIN
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Did free schools really get the best progress scores?

Free schools came top as the best-performing “type” of school in this year’s Progress 8 tables, but were their...

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REBECCA ALLEN

Lessons Learned? A life in education

It’s with trepidation that I agreed to review Brian Lightman’s book Lessons Learned?, so conscious was I that this...

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