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Schools won’t be inclusive until their efforts also apply to staff

Educators love to talk about role models, but that seldom extends to employing neuro-diverse staff, says Thomas Keaney. To make education truly inclusive, this has to change

PISA results reflect persistent disadvantage gap in UK education

Today’s publication of the OECD’s international education league tables are likely to generate excited headlines, but the reality is that the results reveal some worrying trends, writes Joshua Fullard Published today, figures from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show that, for the first time, students in the United Kingdom are performing significantly better […]

Schools don’t need to develop young people’s resilience alone

Investing in developing young people’s resilience is investing in their future and ours. Scouts has been working at it for over a hundred years, and it’s never been more important to shout about it, writes Ann Limb New YouGov research shows that a majority of parents are worried. They say life is harder for young […]

Will general election promises solve the recruitment and retention crisis?

Figures published today show the Department for Education (DfE) has missed its secondary teacher training target for a seventh year running. Jack Worth looks at what the three main political parties are proposing to solve it… Despite the number of secondary trainees increasing again this year compared to last, the latest teacher training data shows […]

Penny’s podcasts, 25 November 2019

Penny Rabiger takes over our ‘blogs of the week’ slot once every half-term to point to the best of the education podcasts Over the Bridge Bilal, Kwaku, Patrick and Tom are four black and mixed-heritage young men who became friends while studying at Cambridge University. Apart from the joy of being able to listen in […]

Helping schools walk their talk on climate change

There is still a gap between talk and the education sector’s response to our changing climate, writes Felicity Liggins. But the Met Office’s new resources could help build STEM knowledge and global citizenship Globally, we are already seeing unprecedented shifts in the education landscape to support educators to engage young people with climate science, including […]

School communities can take action now on climate change

Until such time as politicians put the environment at the heart of policy, school climate strikes will continue to grow, writes Fiona Carnie. But schools, like their students, don’t have to wait to take action How should schools respond to the climate crisis? It is crucial that this issue is confronted, yet teachers lag far behind […]

The Climate Change Debate

As students worldwide once again take to the streets on a school day to demand action to tackle climate change, we bring together two people with very different views on whether and how schools should engage with the issue. Anita Kerwin-Nye is the director of the Youth Hostel Association and believes schools have a […]

Profile: Marie Gentles

Alternative provision and pupil referral units are never far from the headlines. One of those headlines in June this year – “Inside pupil referral unit where ‘unteachable’ kids as young as FIVE often ask teachers for a hug” – was about Marie Gentles’ school. We have to do more to support mainstream staff to get […]