The Conversation – with Zara Simpson

Reflecting on INSETs, preparing for Black History Month, marking World Teacher Day and thinking deeply about primary curriculum design

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Opinion: Leadership

School improvement: All eyes on the OpEx prize

New ISBL research shows the few who have embedded the operational excellence approach have reaped benefits that could be...

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Bethan Cullen
Opinion: Solutions

Maximising your teaching assistants team

To mark National Teaching Assistants' Day, Angus Weir explains how his Birmingham academy has embraced their talents - with...

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Angus Weir
Opinion: Solutions

Five ways for leaders to fly the flag for maths

A ‘phonics for maths’ is the right aspiration for government, but why wait to start priming teachers for a...

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Susan Okereke
The Knowledge

Home truths (and myths) about life skills in our curriculum

New international evidence shows England is an outlier in its approach to skills to the detriment of equity and...

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Mark Boylan

The Conversation – with Sarah Gallagher

Oracy and toothbrushing, phone bans and mental health, reading for pleasure, and the start of a headship journey

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Opinion: Academy trusts

The benefits of a ‘try before you buy’ approach to joining a trust

Joining a trust can feel like finding a port in a storm, but rushed decisions are risky. Our new...

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Mark Bryant and Neil Miller
Opinion: Curriculum

Some commemorations demand more than the usual assembly

The anniversary is a good time to rethink how we mark events and teach young people about the complex...

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Sharon Booth
Opinion: SEND

This parliament is our best hope of SEND reform in a generation

The government is determined to fix our ‘lose, lose, lose’ SEND system – and this parliament has the knowledge...

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David Baines