Opinion

Tougher guidelines, but trustees need better data on executive pay

Government must step in to support MAT trustees to validate executive pay or face trying to fix a distorted...

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SAMANTHA HULSON
Exams

Exams 2021: Wales now has a clear direction. What about us?

England shouldn’t cancel its exams but it should follow Wales’s lead in one key regard – taking action now,...

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NATALIE PERERA
Exams

Exams 2021: Inequality grows with every positive test

The disparity of educational fortunes between some of our communities is ingrained. Covid-19 is making it a lot worse,...

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HAMID PATEL
Opinion

Does class size matter? Rethinking the debate

Covid is forcing some schools to create supersized classes, but is that necessarily a bad thing? Peter Blatchford reviews...

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Peter Blatchford

Jon Hutchinson’s blogs of the week, 2 November, 2020

This week’s top picks of the education topics are multiple-choice questions, this summer’s exams, cultural capital, talking about racism...

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Review: The Fascist Painting by Phil Beadle

Gerry Robinson discovers a humourous and provocative book that gets past the emotive responses to its subject to propose...

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Features

Profile: Stephen Chamberlain

Twelve months into the job of CEO at The Active Learning Trust (ALT), Stephen Chamberlain talks to James Carr...

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Covid

Navigating Covid-19: five tips to get us to Christmas

This has been a punishing year, and we need to keep strong as winter takes hold. Here are some...

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SARAH MULLIN
Opinion

What schools need to know about safeguarding while teaching remotely

Policies, infrastructure, communication and trouble-shooting: these are the four crucial things to consider as online teaching becomes increasingly common,...

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CHARLOTTE AYNSLEY