The Knowledge

How AI can build confidence in school inspections

A trial of AI to aide inspection has shown their potential to save time and supplement inspectors’ knowledge, understanding...

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Matt Davis
Opinion: Workforce

We need a better recruitment story than the ‘born teacher’

Our reliance on the attractively simple idea that teaching is an innate skillset is off-putting and misleading

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Pritesh Raichura and Josh Goodrich
Opinion: Accountability

How we’ll help the sector deliver its ambition of inclusion

Our proposals put inclusion for disadvantaged and vulnerable young people and those with SEND at the heart of Ofsted's...

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Adam Sproston and Lee Owston
Opinion: SEND

Five reforms the select committee SEND inquiry must deliver

Creating a system that meets the needs of all learners will require training, new incentives, support, guidance and investment

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Georgina Durrant
Opinion: Academy trusts

Trust centralisation can’t be judged on numbers alone

Centralisation is about delivering more bang for your buck, and the numbers show that’s exactly what well-structured trusts do

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Chris Kirk
Opinion: Leadership

Why more schools should be courting the media spotlight

Recent experience has changed my mind about engaging with the media. The sector should take the initiative on telling...

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Gavin Booth
The Curriculum Conversation

How to ensure the new curriculum boosts growth

If Labour’s opportunity mission is going to help deliver its economic aims, then curriculum must better support routes into...

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Kate Ambrosi
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted and DfE are still not there with solving inclusion

The Ofsted draft framework is a missed opportunity to start aligning our incentives with our shared inclusive vision

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Keziah Featherstone
Opinion: Legal

Kristie Higgs v. Farmor’s School: Implications for the sector

A landmark judgment means schools will need to think carefully about how to balance employees' free speech and 'reputational...

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Joanne Moseley