Weaving a ‘golden thread’ through professional development Teacher training reforms impact everyone from trainee to leader. The key to retention and progress is to offer consistency across your provision, writes Katie Waring
Top tips for implementing the new Early Careers Framework Supporting early-career teachers through the new framework is more demanding, but can be far more rewarding for all concerned too, writes Jane Cruickshank
How to support teachers with cervical cancer To mark cervical cancer prevention week, Donna Bradbury recounts her journey from diagnosis to remission, with tips to support other teachers through the ordeal
How regional partnerships can begin to reverse widening gaps The solutions to the widening attainment gap are to be found in the south-west as well as in Westminster, write Dan Morrow and Ed Vainker
The next big thing in school improvement by Rebecca Allen and others Though it made for uncomfortable reading, Zoe Enser found this book challenging, eye-opening, and not short of a few practical solutions too
Mary Hind-Portley’s blogs of the week, 17 January 2022 This week’s top blogs cover data, supporting pupil premium children, managing transitions and addressing negative self-talk
How to take part in a DEEP dive into school groups As the EPI launches new research in school group effectiveness, Bobbie Mills explains what we need to learn, why we need to learn it and how you can take part
We can’t support disadvantaged pupils if we can’t monitor their outcomes Changes to free school meal eligibility make monitoring our progress on closing the disadvantaged attainment gap nearly impossible, writes Anusha Ghosh
NLG reforms have left chairs of governors unsupported National Leader of Governance reforms have left a gaping hole in the vital support available to chairs of governors, writes Neil Yates