The Francis Review must usher in the age of digital assessment We can’t wait for a digital big bang. We must keep making incremental progress to maximise its potential for better, fairer assessment
We can start creating a broader curriculum without a review A broader, more creative curriculum doesn’t have to wait until the curriculum review has reported and its recommendations are implemented
Cutting minimum funding to plug high needs deficits is wrong Top-slicing school budgets to fill councils’ high needs black hole is already a go-to. Government must rethink backing the practice
How to get parents on board with your behaviour policy Aligning policy and parental expectations is vital in ensuring a behaviour policy is well supported at home and ultimately successful
The Conversation – with Shekeila Scarlett Teenagers’ memory and their mental health, the truth about smartphones in schools, and an unvarnished account of joining an academy trust
What does employee engagement tell us about retention? Our findings show that when teachers become more emotionally engaged with their colleagues over the course of an academic year their commitment to continue working for the school meaningfully improves
Legal: How will the employment rights bill affect schools? There’s a long way to go before these proposals make it onto the statute books, but schools can already begin to plan for their effects
Three concerns about the curriculum and assessment review Flaws in the review’s terms of reference mean a(nother) opportunity to deal with the perennial issue of curriculum overload could go begging
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 process