Author: JL Dutaut

The reality for excluded children is already dismaying and Covid could make it worse. It’s time for concerted action, writes Claire Heald Behind all those pupils who celebrated the bright futures ahead of them this summer and who are preparing to return to school this week, are pupils whose future is simply not so bright. […]

Schools will do their job as they have throughout this crisis – now it’s time politicians do theirs, writes Paul Whiteman Ninety-seven percent of schools expect to open in full to all pupils next week. The rest will follow shortly after. That is the message school leaders have given me in their responses to a […]

Ongoing UCL research shows the Covid crisis has widened a chasm between teachers and government that threatens to become unbridgeable, writes Alice Bradbury The fiasco over A level exams over the last week followed by the U-turn on advice on the use of face masks in schools has widened a gulf between the teaching profession […]

Political schemes and partial solutions are how our qualification system got into this mess – it’s time for something radically different, writes Tom Sherrington This summer’s exam grade fiasco has directed a harsh spotlight on our current system for recognising and measuring young people’s achievements.  It’s not pretty.  We place extraordinary weight on a set […]

Supporting learners with English as an additional language will be more challenging than ever this year, but also more necessary, writes Silvana Richardson – so here are some tips to get it right As schools prepare for the start of the academic year, attainment gaps are a national focus like never before. In this context, […]

As the Education Policy Insitute publishes its annual report on the state of education in England, Jo Huchinson says ‘levelling up’ simply can’t wait any longer Cast your minds back to summer 2019, before the spectres of the pandemic, school closures and algorithmic exam results loomed into view. All the certainties about school results season […]

Even if next year’s exams go ahead without disruption, the game is up for our rigged grading system, writes Dennis Sherwood Years ago, there was a TV game show called Tell the Truth. Three contestants presented equally implausible stories, one of which happened to be true. The celebrity panellists had to identify the ‘true’ contestant, […]

The start of compulsory relationships and sex education is a perfect opportunity to model supportive practices in these uncertain times, writes Paula Talman The start of a new academic year can be challenging for both teachers and pupils at the best of times. Add a global pandemic to the mix and it’s hard to imagine […]

Solutions already exist to prevent putting teachers and students in this situation next year, writes Hamid Patel ‘Why did his teachers not believe in him?’ I spoke to a mother this weekend who could not accept that her son’s grades, predicted by his teachers, were fair.  She did not argue that her son had performed […]