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
The Knowledge

How can we ensure teachers take up and benefit from CPD?

While reforms have removed much of the cost barrier to teachers accessing quality CPD, one important obstacle remains, explains...

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CAT SCUTT
The Review

Eight edu books to gift (yourself) this Christmas

Stuck for a gift for that special teacher in your life or just fancy a bit of holiday reading?...

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JL Dutaut

Dan Morrow’s blogs of the week, 6 December 2021

This week's top blogs cover lesson observations, curriculum interconnectivity, teaching like a champion, and the impact of recent Ofsted...

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