E-safety

The online safety bill will do little to protect children

Children appear to have been altogether ignored in the drafting of this bill and there’s little evidence it’ll make...

JL Dutaut
Jen Persson
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted complaints procedures are a cause for concern

Our experience shows a regulator so intent on being right, it simply can’t admit to getting it wrong, writes...

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Nick Osborne
SEND review

SEND green paper: a chance to call out failures and mobilise

I’ve seen the system from every angle and none is flattering, writes Barney Angliss. It’s time to demand better...

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Barney Angliss
Opinion: Curriculum

Inclusive Britain: a chance to right our history curriculum

A review will finally support teachers and schools to put our ‘hidden heritage’ in its rightful place across the...

JL Dutaut
Blondel Cluff
The Knowledge

Research: What support might students need with ‘normal’ exams?

Students will need extra support to prepare for exams that may feel normal to us but are completely new...

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Tee McCaldin and Hannah Wilkinson

The Teaching Life by Kate Jones and Robin Macpherson

Zoe Enser finds a book that spreads itself a little thinly, but offers an important contribution to fighting the...

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Penny’s podcasts, 25 March 2022

School placements, gas contracts, thriving as a teacher, the perfect school, the Trojan Horse affair and British values

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key stage 4

Are KS4 performance statistics still doing their job?

The office for statistics regulation is reviewing the use of KS4 performance stats and you can be part of...

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Emily Carless and Nicky Pearce
Design and technology

Low take-up of design and technology threatens the government’s ambitions

Government ambitions to stimulate technology, engineering and manufacturing could be threatened by dwindling take-up of relevant subjects, writes Sam...

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Sam Tuckett