Naureen Khalid’s blogs of the week, 15 March 2021

Naureen Khalid casts her governor’s eye over this week’s blogs and picks four of the best, covering SEFs, promoting...

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Opinion

How the NTP is solving the northern tutoring challenge

Disparities in accessing the National Tutoring Programme mirror existing inequalities, writes Emily Yeomans. But we are already beginning to...

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EMILY YEOMANS
Opinion: SEND

Reopening: SENCOs and students with SEND face multiple challenges

Not all students will be able to return to school in the coming weeks. SENCOs will be crucial to...

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HANNAH MOLONEY
Opinion

Ofsted’s restructure puts EAL and GRT students’ progress at risk

The reported redistribution of responsibilities inside Ofsted for EAL and GRT pupils threatens to dilute accountability for their progress,...

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CHIAKA AMADI
Opinion

Teacher and leadership pay can no longer be ignored

The government has tried everything to distract from its failure to deal with the profession’s pay. They have run...

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IAN HARTWRIGHT
Opinion

Why a five-term year works so well (as long as we all do it)

There are many reasons to support reform of the school calendar year. But there’s one important caveat, writes Sir...

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SIR DAVID CARTER
The Knowledge

Research: How masks in class went from unimaginable to mainstream

As children returned to school this week, masks have been more in use than ever. Teacher Tapp’s Eve Debbage...

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EVE DEBBAGE

Sonia Thompson’s blogs of the week, 8 March 2021

This week’s top blogs cover children’s books, advice from a leadership dream team, how to knit up a strong...

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Back on track. Fewer things, greater depth by Mary Myatt

Sarah Watkins finds a thought-provoking book that pleasingly follows its own advice, sometimes to its own detriment I’ve always...

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