The Conversation – with Zara Simpson

A whole-school apprach to pupil premium, a mental health lead training programme, and two very different podcasts about coaching

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Opinion: Solutions

The power of systematically closing knowledge gaps

Gaps in knowledge can arise from attendance issues but quickly become their cause. Here’s how we’ve made closing them...

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Jeremy Spencer
Opinion: Policy

Ignore the headlines. Behaviour Hubs have been a real success

Focusing on young people’s perceptions in the Behaviour Hubs’ interim report obfuscates key evidence that the programme is working

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Pan Panayiotou
Opinion: Academy trusts

Schools in merging trusts should give parents an out

Conditions could lead to a phase of increased trust mergers and acquisitions. Schools should have a say on changing...

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Joe Hallgarten
Opinion: SEND

Blaming and shaming won’t help solve the SEND crisis

Stirred by over-simplified punditry, Hugh Greenway sets out the real problems dogging SEND provision – and some ideas for...

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Hugh Greenway
The Curriculum Conversation

Mitigating ‘backwards pressure’: What to do about key stage 3

The Francis review must ensure the first, instrumental years of secondary school are an opportunity for a rich and...

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Charlie Cutler
Opinion: Curriculum review

A golden opportunity for a proper financial education curriculum

The curriculum and assessment review must lead to a national strategy to ensure every child leaves schools with this...

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Sarah Porretta
Opinion: Legal

Relaxed finance leasing rules put renewables back on the table

Relaxed rules around lease agreements mean schools can invest in energy efficiency from approved suppliers - but there are...

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Isaac Murdy
The Knowledge

The Knowledge: How many children are missing from education?

A new report from the Education Policy Institute shows the number is vastly under-estimated

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Whitney Crenna-Jennings