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 towards complex legal proceedings, writes Emily Carter
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 they mean for academisation
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 paper, writes Steve Thomas
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 mustn’t punish schools who abide by it
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 year’s improvements, writes Tom Campbell
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 one of them
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 ‘behaviour tsar’, Tom Bennett make of it?
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
A looming middle leadership crisis must be averted Some achieve middle leadership and some have it thrust upon them, but too few are thriving in their ill-defined roles, write Sinéad McBrearty and Dan Morrow