The Knowledge

Six lessons from the biggest ever study on pupil engagement

Trends arising from a study of over 100,000 pupils sheds light on how school leaders can best tackle attendance,...

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Jonny Sobczyk Boddington
Opinion: Policy

Ministers are wrong to let an app undermine results day

There’s a certain hypocrisy in rolling out an app that will keep kids at home while professing concern about...

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Jon Bryan
The Knowledge

What leaders really want from NPQs (and the review isn’t asking)

In-depth research with school leaders reveals what the NPQ review should actually be asking them and how the programmes...

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Shane Leaning

The Conversation – with Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell

An unSATsifying blog from DfE, a thought-provoking one about young carers, a challenging one on the many hats we...

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Opinion: SEND

What we can learn from other countries about ‘SEND’ funding

England is increasingly an outlier in its approach to identifying and meeting learners’ needs

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Amanda Watkins
Opinion: Funding

The hidden funding cut that will soon affect your school

Cuts to support for a group of vulnerable children garnered little attention, but they will have consequences for the...

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Lucy Watson
Opinion: Accountability

How will we know if RISE teams are really helping?

Labour’s school improvement drive is well-intentioned, but a crucial piece of the policy puzzle is missing that could undermine...

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Stuart Gardner
Opinion

How assessment should (and shouldn’t) evolve in the age of AI

We can no longer ignore how AI is changing the assessment landscape - but it doesn't mean what many...

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Daisy Christodoulou
Opinion: Solutions

How to build a new system on inclusive foundations

We need to re-draw the incentives that drive SEND provision, starting upstream of diagnosis and right down to how...

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Matt Hood