Opinion: Admissions

How fair banding makes us more inclusive – not less

While some decry ‘selection by stealth’, fair banding assessments have in fact earned us an award for our admissions...

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Michael Gosling
Opinion: SEND

The SEND system is not broken. It’s doing its job 

The history of our SEND system shows our priority should not be to fix it but to create a...

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Professor Sally Tomlinson
The Curriculum Conversation

What a national curriculum can and cannot do

Looking back over 35 years of the national curriculum, here’s what the Francis review can do to achieve where...

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Christine Counsell
Opinion: Policy

How government can balance experience and innovation

As the Forrest Gump of education, here's what experience has taught me about balancing institutional memory with innovative thinking...

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Les Walton
The Research Leader

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 Research Leader

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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