Attendance

We get reduced timetables wrong. Here’s how to get them right

Interpretation of the DfE’s attendance guidance too often puts the school’s needs first and fails to deliver what anxious...

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Steve Bladon
MATs

Why every MAT needs a stakeholder report

What began as part of our communication strategy has grown to be fundamental to how we foster belonging and...

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Paul Harris
Alternative provision

Would-be reformers must give ‘unregistered’ AP a fair hearing

There is a real risk that in bringing ‘unregistered’ AP into the Ofsted fold we will lose some of...

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Dr Alexandra Gray
Solutions

Solutions. Five ways to increase attendance at primary school

Solutions to the attendance crisis are a matter of supporting children and families through policies and practices

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Lisa Pigg
Accountability

Leaders have the power now to re-balance accountability

Awaiting top-down reform of our top-down system is a missed opportunity to take control and show the full breadth...

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Michael Pain and Alice Gregson
The Knowledge

What do we really know about ‘managed moves’?

A new report sheds light on the practice of managed moves and calls for urgent government action to improve...

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Whitney Crenna-Jennings

As we begin: Dispositions of mind, learning and the brain in early childhood

This passionate case for child-centred learning in the early years lacks realism about implementing its ideas

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The Conversation – with Sarah Gallagher

Setting, workload and pay, supporting TAs to work with pupils with SEND, and teaching consent

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Wellbeing

Improving wellbeing hinges on putting the right data into the right hands

New dashboards promise to better inform school leaders and communities about local young people's wellbeing

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David Gregson