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Covid

Geography is no longer a barrier to MATS’ improvement role

The pandemic experience has proven that geographical boundaries are no longer a barrier to building a successful family of...

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MATTHEW KLEINER-MANN
Opinion: Workforce

Why the DfE’s Covid response is leading me to retire early

The only thing that's briefer as a result of these many briefings is the remainder of my headteacher career,...

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ANDREW CLOWES
ITT review

ITT review: a major reform, but can it fulfil its promise?

The prize on offer from ITT reforms is substantial, writes David Weston, but challenges lie ahead for the policy...

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DAVID WESTON
Opinion

A festive mission for your students from GCHQ

Security, cyber and intelligence agency, GCHQ traditionally hides a puzzle in the annual Christmas card from its director, Jeremy Fleming...

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GCHQ
2021 in review

The year governance strode towards professionalisation

Looking back on the year in governance, Sharon Warmington welcomes pratices that have made governance more inclusive and new...

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SHARON WARMINGTON
2021 in review

The year getting into ‘good trouble’ became necessary

Hanging onto our optimism as the virus rips through our special schools is hard, writes Frances Akinde, but we...

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FRANCES AKINDE
2021 in review

The year a ‘return to normal’ only got further away

If 2020 was hard, 2021 has taken multi-tasking to a new level, writes Evelyn Forde. Yet the people in...

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EVELYN FORDE
2021 in review

The year our unity in the face of Covid began to fray

Working in unity against Covid has seen the sector through three waves of Covid, writes Sarah Gallagher, and we...

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SARAH GALLAGHER
2021 in review

The year we forgot all about Gavin

A new education secretary and a new shadow team, but old problems continue to dog the sector and are...

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ANNA MCSHANE