early years

Bridging the gap with early years for a fairer start for all

Our pilot is proving that schools’ involvement in the early years makes academic and financial sense, writes Katie Oliver,...

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Katie Oliver
technology

Facial recognition in schools: innocuous or intrusive?

Facial recognition in lunch queues is the thin end of a wedge that could put schools on a course...

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Emily Carter
Schools Bill

What changing government policy means for faith academies

The schools bill features a number of important proposals specifically relating to faith schools. Vicki Hair sets out what...

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Vicki Hair
Opinion: Attendance

Why Dame De Souza is wrong on attendance

Dame Rachel De Souza’s criticism of local authorities’ work on attendance flies in the face of the schools white...

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Steve Thomas
Baker Clause

The Baker Clause requires a carrot as well as a stick

Legal enforcement of the Baker Clause is long overdue and will benefit all pupils, writes Simon Connell, but it...

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Simon Connell
School Leadership

Six key principles for successfully onboarding new leaders

Now is the time to ensure all your new ingredients for success are combining successfully to bake in next...

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Tom Campbell
The Knowledge

How can we nurture teachers’ superpowers?

There are clear ways to develop impactful teacher expertise, writes Sarah Bagshaw McCormick, and merely observing colleagues’ ‘superpowers’ isn’t...

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Sarah Bagshaw-McCormick

The Behaviour Manual by Sam Strickland

Sam Strickland's book promises to be practical guide for teachers and leaders to get behaviour right. So what did...

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Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 27 June 2022

Graphic novels, retrieval practice, how to be a research-informed school and headteachers' ever-growing burden of expectations

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