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Ten tips for good teacher recruitment

As the resignation deadline for staff planning to leave in the summer looms, Anna Hennell James’ hints help to...

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ANNA HENNELL JAMES
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I’m proud to be a Conservative, but the funding crisis makes me angry

The Conservative party has achieved much in education, says Steve Mastin, but school funding has become a huge distraction...

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STEVE MASTIN

Amir Arezoo’s top blogs of the week 20 May 2019

My teaching hall of shame Bob Pritchard @rjpritchard There comes a time as a teacher where you start to...

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AP is firmly on the landscape of education – and Timpson knows it

The Timpson review reveals the importance of engagement between alternative provision and mainstream, says Steve Howell. Why not a...

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STEVE HOWELL
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The huge ground inspectors are expected to cover will force them to cut corners

Ofsted has admitted that it struggles to recruit and retain its inspectors. Its new framework will leave those in...

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IAN HARTWRIGHT

Transform Teaching and Learning Through Talk

In my 16 years of teaching I have never had the urge to explore oracy in detail because I...

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Nick Gibb: “The crisis of capitalism”

There is a well-worn lexicon of how you describe speeches in Westminster. Anyone giving a “thoughtful” or “wide-ranging” speech...

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Julia Skinner’s top blogs of the week 29 April 2019

Six months in . . . chair v marathon? @vawells1 Who would have thought there were several similarities between...

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How to make collaborative learning worthwhile

Everything that teachers do has a cost, a benefit, and (ideally) a valuable balance between the two. Often that...

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C.J. RAUNCH