Schools white paper

Why the parent pledge is much more than a gimmick

Many – even most – schools may already be doing it, but that takes nothing away from the government’s...

JL Dutaut
Jonathan Simons
The Knowledge

Research: What does inclusion mean to those who experience it?

Decision makers at all levels should be mindful that there are two competing and complimentary definitions of inclusion, writes...

JL Dutaut
Anthony Maher

Robin Conway’s blogs of the week, 28 March 2022

Robin Conways' top blogs cover work-life balance, lesson timings, neurodiversity inclusion, the benefits of edu-Twitter, metacognition and Ramadan

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The trouble with English by Zoe Helmann and Sam Gibbs

This is a book which, above all else, is calling for time. Zoe Helman and Sam Gibbs argue  exceptionally...

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Schools white paper

White paper: Lack of flexibility could set councils back

Many of the white paper's proposals mirror what we already do, write Kindy Sandhu and Kirston Nelson, but needless...

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Kindy Sandhu and Kirston Nelson
Schools white paper

White paper: A new era for local authorities and collaboration?

The ambitions for local authorities and a more collaborative system are a bold vision but many obstacles must be...

JL Dutaut
Seamus Murphy
Schools white paper

White paper: All rhetoric and no solutions

All the ambitious vocabulary in the world couldn't hide this document's failure to grasp the real problems facing schools,...

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Mary Bousted
Schools white paper

The week that will shape Nadhim Zahawi’s legacy

This week's DfE publications will shape how the education secretary is remembered, writes Yvonne Williams, so let's hope he's...

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Yvonne Williams
Covid

Covid has raised new barriers for pupils in greatest need

New national attainment data shows the impact of the pandemic on primary school children has not been evenly spread,...

JL Dutaut
Stephan Nicholls