The Knowledge

Assumed knowledge: A hidden barrier to social mobility

Knowledge of 'how the system works' stacks opportunity in favour of the most well-off. New analysis reveals how the...

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Nick Brook
The Knowledge

Understanding the childhood origins of social mobility

How disadvantage translates to poorer outcomes is more complex than sometimes portrayed, reveals our new report

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Rob Wilson
Opinion: Solutions

How to ditch teacher appraisal – and what to do instead

Using a tool for development that was actually designed for accountability was hindering our improvement aims. Here’s what we’re...

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Katie Perry

Herstory: A leadership manifesto

A book that will at times make you rage and at others make you stop in your tracks

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The Conversation – with Fiona Atherton

Embracing AI to cut workload, righting writing wrongs, and authentic leadership

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Opinion: Curriculum

Let’s acknowledge the cost of our knowledge-rich ambition

Nick Gibb is unrepentant, but his vision has hollowed out the curriculum, educational experience and the very definition of...

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Bernard Andrews
The Knowledge

What new data tells us about hours spent at school

Our new report delves for the first time on the length of the school week in schools across the...

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Oana Gavriloiu and Louis Hodge
Opinion: Policy

Three ways Labour can remove barriers to local leadership

To deliver a locally responsive education system, Labour must reform potent incentives that work against it

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Nicola Noble and Liz Robinson
Opinion: Curriculum review

Unfinished business: Tim Brighouse, the curriculum review and me

Sir Tim Brighouse’s long-time friend and colleague Mick Waters reflects on what the educational giant would have said to...

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Mick Waters