Opinion

Beyond EBacc: How to get the next accountability shift right

As history has shown us, any new public policy performance measure leads to the system adapting its behaviour

Freddie Whittaker
Tim Oates
Opinion

As AI does our work, it may destroy the reasons we learn

Deference to machines raises questions not just about what and how we learn, but why, warns Lawrence Foley

Freddie Whittaker
Lawrence Foley
Opinion

Why it’s time to turn SEND training ‘inside out’

Working from a diagnosis seems obvious but has limitations – so teachers need to anticipate pupils’ needs, says Dr...

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Anne Heavey
early years

Ministers urge primaries to consider childminders on site

Schools without space for full nursery told to consider teaming up with childminder to provide early years provision

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Behaviour

Schools to face legal duty to record seclusion use

New legislation would mean schools must record their use of non-disciplinary isolation and report it to parents

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Pensions

Thousands of retired teachers die before pensions row settled

New data reveals the scale of the backlog in remedy cases facing the Teachers’ Pension Scheme’s embattled administrators Capita

Freddie Whittaker
Bill Curtis and Freddie Whittaker
Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

How to really drive efficiencies in schools, and what next after Ofsted legal action failure

Freddie Whittaker
Various
The Legal Leader

Use common sense to deal with an angry AI-created legal request  

Subject access requests have become common but new legislation provides guidance on how to react sensibly, says Claire Archibald

Freddie Whittaker
Claire Archibald
Opinion

There’s a sweet spot to be found in setting inspection consistency 

Achieving consistency is fraught with complexity, warns Steve Wren. Go too far and you can rinse insight from Ofsted...

Freddie Whittaker
Steve Wren