Online safety

Why schools should just say no to biometric systems

Biometrics are simply unnecessary for borrowing books or paying for lunch, writes Jen Persson, and schools should not be...

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JEN PERSSON
Local authorities

This consultation could force academisation by the back door

A new DfE consultation. Released over half-term. To little fanfare and with a short timeframe. One cynical headteacher suspects...

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THOMAS MOORE
Local authorities

The DfE is our biggest LA and should be in special measures

On intent, implementation and impact alike, the DfE is failing the school system, writes Alan Wood, and the crux...

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ALAN WOOD CBE
Governance

A new era for National Leaders of Governance

Five fundamental changes to the NLG programme will ensure it will fulfil its original founding premise, writes Emma Knights...

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EMMA KNIGHTS
Covid

How schools delivered food parcels and curriculum during lockdown

A new report highlights the creative ways schools partnered to learn from each other and continue to develop during...

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KATE CHHATWAL
The Knowledge

How can we build back better arts education?

A new research project demonstrates the value of bringing artists and teachers together and tries to bridge the gulf...

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TOM DOBSON AND LISA STEPHENSON

Organise Ideas: Thinking By Hand, Extending the Mind

When it comes to graphic organisers, I’m about as nerdy as it gets. I used them extensively in my...

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Mary Hind-Portley’s blogs of the week, 8 November 2021

Five ways to ensure that your teaching of reading is effective @Suchmo83 How to approach the teaching of reading...

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Opinion

It’s time to rethink our monochrome remembrance school traditions

We seem to be reaching ‘peak red poppy’, writes Will Yates, and diversifying our symbolism could be key to...

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WILL YATES