Opinion

How taster days are helping us tackle the recruitment crisis

There’s no room for complacency in attracting new talent to our classrooms, writes Kaye Patrick, and our taster days...

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Kaye Patrick
Schools

Why careers advice must change – and how to get started

Following his appearance at the education select committee’s inquiry into careers guidance, Philip Le Feuvre explains what’s needed to...

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Phillip Le Feuvre
Teacher training and development

Retention: The two-year ECF is just a longer hazing period

A protracted induction period does nothing to change a toxic work culture that pervades the profession and harms students...

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Cian Kinsella
Politics

Grammar schools: Why I’ve put my name down to end selection

Our mixed economy of schools is delivering for all pupils, writes Steve Mastin, and selective education is only holding...

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Steven Mastin
Opinion

E-safety: Our daughter’s death should change things forever

An assistant coroner concluded that her school’s e-safety failures contributed to Frankie’s death, writes Judy Thomas. Could it happen...

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Judy Thomas
The Knowledge

What’s up with year 3 and what can we do about it?

As new research reveals how Covid has worsened the ‘year 3 dip’ and affected children, Jo Quince sets out...

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Jo Quince

The Review: Reconnect by Doug Lemov

If you were to speak to any parent whose child is currently at school, whether in the United Kingdom...

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The Conversation – with Sarah Gallagher

The misleading allure of behaviour experts, human-centric schools and Ofsted’s return to 'Outstanding' schools

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Opinion

Oak: A liberating solution to workload and quality problems

Oak National Academy can be instrumental in meeting the post-Covid challenges of teacher burnout and weak curricula, writes Hamid...

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Sir Hamid Patel