Making a success of early years provision on school sites Working with early years settings to develop a consistency and familiarity benefits children, families and providers, explains Rebecca Bierton
Oak is a symptom of curriculum mediocrity, not the treatment Off-the-peg curricula are the wrong answer to a problem caused by political failure and will only perpetuate the perma-crisis, writes Carolyn Roberts
SEND inclusion: High time some schools did some soul-searching Everyone knows a school with a reputation for being ‘good with SEND’, write Caroline Barlow and Simon Smith, but there’s no excuse for any school not to be
Autumn statement: Savings are possible – with care Substantial falls in school rolls present Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt with an opportunity to save, writes Luke Sibieta, but a draw-down isn’t without complications
Covid toll: What we’ve learned about teacher anxiety New research reveals the extent of the Covid pandemic’s impact on teacher anxiety levels and how different groups have fared, explains John Jerrim
The Review: Curriculum Revolutions by Martin Robinson They say everything comes back around in education, writes Stephen Lane, but like Doctor Who, regeneration brings them back better and more refined
The Conversation – with Diana Young A governor’s view on talk of struggling readers, meritocracy and effort, social mobility, Black history throughout the year, strike days and the coronation
School trusts don’t just need cash, they need certainty too The impact of recent cost pressures and government uncertainty on MAT finances is laid bare in new Confederation of School Trusts research
DEEP: How are MATs managing their finances The Education Policy Institute’s DEEP survey is uncovering patterns and differences in the ways multi-academy trusts allocate resources, explains Bobbie Mills