Schools Bill

Why schools shouldn’t lose time preparing for academy trusts

The process of creating and joining MATs is complex and the 2030 target is likely to stay – so...

JL Dutaut
Gemma Duxbury
Exams

Exams: Stick or twist, we need quick decisions from the new DfE 

It is right to return to pre-Covid grade boundaries as soon as possible, writes Geraint Jones, but we now...

JL Dutaut
Professor Geraint Jones
Childcare

PM Truss could spell revolution for school-based childcare

If it’s a priority for the new PM and the opposition, it’s likely schools will have to wrap their...

JL Dutaut
Ed Reza Schwitzer
National Curriculum

Why we’re abandoning Oak – and the new DfE should too

What started as a charitable and collaborative venture has become a vehicle for creating a government-approved curriculum, writes Jon...

JL Dutaut
Sir Jon Coles
The Knowledge

The Knowledge: This week’s research highlights

Young people's access to nature, teaching big ideas in primary, the impact of noise, changing behaviours, and girls in...

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut

The Review: How Teaching Happens by Paul Kirschner and others

Robbie Burns is taken with a writing style and design that make complex ideas accessible - but it's missing...

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The Conversation – This week in the digital staffroom

JL Dutaut takes a look at what's kept teachers talking this week on Twitter, including a new secretary of...

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Politics

Who’d be an education special adviser now?

Crisis, time pressures and political self-harm could leave the new DfE team lacking the expertise it needs to deliver,...

JL Dutaut
Angus Walker
Assessment

The future is digital – but not exclusively so

Technology will help us improve assessment for certain courses and groups of pupils, writes Jo Saxton, but we won’t...

JL Dutaut
Jo Saxton