Child poverty

Dear Amanda. I’m reporting a serious safeguarding concern

An anonymous director of education calls out ‘the big ask’ from schools and calls on chief inspector, Amanda Spielman...

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Anonymous
Opinion

The Knowledge. How to benefit from all oracy has to offer

Oracy is a growing priority for teachers and our new impact report shows why that’s right and how to...

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Amy Gaunt

The Review: Making schools better for disadvantaged students

Natalie Perera finds this book's political stance undermines the neutrality needed to properly assess the pupil premium policy

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The Conversation – with Sarah Gallagher

This week's conversation takes in poetry, outdoor learning, consolidation time and our varying definitions of resilience

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SEND review

No, Mr McArdle. The SEND system is not a game we play

A recent Schools Week interview with DfE SEND expert, Tony McArdle gives a rare insight into the minds of...

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Tania Tirraoro and Matt Keer
Opinion: Sustainability

Sustainability: Piecemeal progress will open a ‘green gap’

Some progress has been made towards key goals in the DfE’s sustainability strategy, say Keya Lamba and Shweta Bahri,...

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Shweta Bahri and Keya Lamba
Disadvantage gap

How to ensure cross-sector work doesn’t feed inequality

Many well-meaning initiatives to support ‘disadvantaged’ schools and pupils actually perpetuate the divides they purport to challenge, writes Heidi...

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Heidi Heinemann
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: Keegan is right but she should go further

Gillian Keegan's proposal to vary teacher pay by subject is right and the same logic could make it easier...

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Michael Gosling
School places

School places: London’s challenge could soon be everyone’s

A new report reveals that a surplus of school places could cause massive disruption to London's schools, says Ian...

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Ian Edwards