Opinion

Five priorities to help trusts come back stronger

Running ‘trust diaganostics’ has revealed the common challenges all MATs face in unlocking improvement in the coming months, writes...

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SIR DAVID CARTER
Opinion

How to prepare for a likely summer of subject access requests

This year’s appeals process will be far from straightforward, say Esther Maxwell and Geraldine Swanton. But schools can avoid...

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ESTHER MAXWELL AND GERALIDINE SWANTON
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Allana Gay

Students bring vitality back to school but there is precious little certainty about the future for independent school headteacher,...

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ALLANA GAY
Opinion

We must rethink league tables in light of the Covid crisis

League tables are here to stay, but a different approach could reduce volatility and have long-term benefits for schoo...

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Loic Menzies* and John Jerrim**
Opinion

What are the active ingredients of effective teacher development?

Our research shows the consensus view of how best to conduct effective professional development in education is flawed, write...

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HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD* AND DR SAM SIMS**

Schools in their Communities: Taking action and developing civic life

Gerry Robinson finds this celebration of stakeholder engagement is a life-affirming call to action In many ways, chapter five...

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James Murphy’s top edu blogs of the week, 6 July 2020

This week’s top blogs are all about resisting the pressures of the moment and keeping the main thing the...

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Opinion

Careers education must be part of our recovery programme

This summer, around 800,000 16- and 18-year olds (Yr11 and Yr13) will be collecting their exam results and trying...

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RUTH GILBERT
Features

The programme placing social workers in schools

A DfE programme is placing social workers directly in schools – and getting promising results. Schools love it, but...

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