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 them any safer, writes Jen Persson
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 Nick Osborne, and that’s not good for anyone
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 for schools and families
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 history curriculum, writes Blondel Cluff
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 to many of them, write 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 retention crisis and keeping teachers teaching
Penny’s podcasts, 25 March 2022 School placements, gas contracts, thriving as a teacher, the perfect school, the Trojan Horse affair and British values
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 the conversation, write Emily Carless and Nicky Pearce
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 Tuckett