Bubble Schools and the long road from lockdown Tony Breslin’s sequel to ‘Lessons from Lockdown’ is a valiant effot to secure a positive legacy from an awful episode, says John Cosgrove
The conversation – with Fiona Atherton Ofsted’s attempt to reform itself, the NEU’s controversial strike dates and the ongoing moral panic over RHSE resources
We need to be more discerning about disadvantage Blunt measures like pupil premium are not equal to the task of informing decisions about educational provision, write Timo Hannay and Duncan Baldwin
School leaders continue to doubt tutoring’s levelling up potential NFER’s new survey reveals uncertainty amongst school leaders about whether tutoring is a long-term solution to closing the disadvantage gap, explains Emma Moore
What do schools really need to deliver climate change education now? Teachers don’t need a curriculum review or a new GCSE to deliver climate change education, writes Sylvia Knight. They need guidance and resources
Four tangible policy solutions to tackle the recruitment crisis Rhys Howells sets out some low-hanging fruit for policy makers to start making a dent in the recruitment crisis
Peer review can’t replace inspection – but it can inform it The power of peer review depends on its being kept separate from the incentives and disincentives of formalised accountability, writes Kate Chhatwal
Safeguarding should matter to Ofsted as much as to schools This week’s announcement doesn’t inspire confidence that Ofsted and the DfE get the impact accountability is having on headteachers, says Duncan Spalding
Is moving up a bigger retention problem than moving out? A new leadership pyramid has emerged that is pulling talent up faster than it can be replaced, argues David Benson