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There are no easy answers to school refusal

School refusal may be a little more understood that when it was identified in the 1930s, but we still...

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FRAN MORGAN
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Top tips for managing transport in schools

Transport safety in schools is about a lot more than an annual service of the school minibus, says Surekha...

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SUREKHA GOLLAPUDI

Jon Hutchinson’s top blogs of the week 15 April 2019

A part-transcript of a power and conflict poetry lesson with year 11 – “My Last Duchess” Claire Stoneman @stoneman_claire No...

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Which types of school are more likely to off-roll students?

It seems impossible that nearly 50,000 pupils disappeared from schools last year for no apparent reason. But this is...

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SHONA GALT

Education: A Manifesto for Change

I’m always wary of texts with the word “manifesto” in their title, and in this case that wariness was...

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Who needs coding when it’s pupil safety that matters?

Schools would be better using their limited edtech resources to help pupils to stay safe and develop as informed...

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LAURA LARKE
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What does a ‘high quality’ ITE curriculum look like?

Successful ITE curricula are co-designed and co-taught across a partnership, says Jan Rowe Ofsted’s recent attempt to confirm what...

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JAN ROWE
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Too many children are disappearing from school rolls

There are still too many unexplained exits from schools, at a level that cannot be in the best interests...

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JO HUTCHINSON
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SATs are the fairest way to judge pupil progress

Teachers and pupils should not have any reason to be stressed about SATs, and it is up to headteachers...

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CASSIE YOUNG