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Profile: Jeffery Quaye

Aspirations Academies Trust’s new national director of education and standards explains his ‘success by design’ strategy to tackle the...

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Opinion

No more excuses for failing to adopt flexible working

Opportunities for career progression to school leadership roles are limited for those who do not work full-time, says Suzanne...

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SUZANNE BROWN
Opinion

Home-schoolers deserve better than misinformation and distrust

If policymakers want to better understand home-schooling their focus should not be on pushing a failing model into homes,...

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ANNA DUSSEAU
Opinion

A fighting chance in the parental arms race of tutoring

Amid criticism of NTP funding rules – with home tutoring disallowed and restricted to one subject per pupil –...

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BECKY FRANCIS
Opinion

It’s OK for BAME teachers to hold conservative educational values

Crucial work is needed to tackle racial injustice in education, but it won’t be achieved by silencing challenging voices...

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SHIVAN DAVIS
Covid

The government’s Covid response has gone from shameful to shameless

This government has some nerve telling teachers to keep calm and carry on, writes Mary Bousted “Tell your members...

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MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

How can we adapt to new practices while keeping workload down?

Covid has reduced our face-to-face contact with colleagues. So how do we sustain school improvement in an era of...

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TOM STEVENS

Review: Social mobility by Lee Elliott Major and Stephen Machin

This book offers a detailed analysis of what we know about social mobiliy but a less compelling case for...

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Naureen Khalid’s blogs of the week, 23 November, 2020

Naureen Khalid’s top picks of this week’s education topics include dominance and affiliation, competition and collaboration, confidence and growth,...

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