Opinion

The 11 Plus can be accurate or fair, but not both

After a century of the selective entrance test, it’s time to call game, set and match, writes Sam Sims...

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DR SAM SIMS
Covid

The PM’s tutoring plans offer hope for undoing Covid damage

Delivered to the right children, one-to-one tuition plans could level the educational playing field, writes Sir Peter Lampl If...

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SIR PETER LAMPL
Opinion

Unlawful, unsafe and unaccountable. Education, we have a data problem

A damning ICO report on the DfE’s data handling is a wake-up call for the department that schools can...

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JEN PERSSON
Opinion

Exam delays are only the start of a solution. Where’s the rest?

Progress is too slow in letting schools know what to expect. This is what happens when system capacity is...

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SIMON SHARP
Exams

Are exams really the only option?

This year’s exams will go ahead but demands for reform are unlikely to go away, so what does the...

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CAT SCUTT

Lighting the Way by Angela Browne

Aditi Singh discovers a timely and persuasive argument for leaders to reflect on their values as education approaches a...

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Melissa Jane’s blogs of the week, 12 October 2020

Professional trust, the experience of exclusion, making communication inclusive and that guidance are Melissa Jane’s top picks of this week’s...

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Exams

Ignoring pressure to cancel exams was the right call

There might be a debate to be had about assessment but cancelling exams now would have done more harm...

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ANNE HEAVEY
Opinion

Vulnerable students need more than a quick-fix catch-up

With the National Tutoring Programme about to get under way, one primary leader says schools need to use catch-up...

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PETE BLOOMFIELD