Opinion: SEND

Ensuring quality and sustainability in SEND Provision

Additional funding for SEND places is very welcome – but we must ensure it is deployed as part of...

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Michael McCarthy and Robert Bell
Opinion: Curriculum

Tik Tok Maths: Can social media help children clock algebra?

We need all the allies we can get to make maths cool to young people, but consuming videos has...

JL Dutaut
David Thomas
Opinion: Attendance

We get reduced timetables wrong. Here’s how to get them right

Interpretation of the DfE’s attendance guidance too often puts the school’s needs first and fails to deliver what anxious...

JL Dutaut
Steve Bladon
Opinion: Academy trusts

Why every MAT needs a stakeholder report

What began as part of our communication strategy has grown to be fundamental to how we foster belonging and...

JL Dutaut
Paul Harris
Opinion: Policy

Would-be reformers must give ‘unregistered’ AP a fair hearing

There is a real risk that in bringing ‘unregistered’ AP into the Ofsted fold we will lose some of...

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Dr Alexandra Gray
Opinion: Solutions

Solutions. Five ways to increase attendance at primary school

Solutions to the attendance crisis are a matter of supporting children and families through policies and practices

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Lisa Pigg
Opinion: Accountability

Leaders have the power now to re-balance accountability

Awaiting top-down reform of our top-down system is a missed opportunity to take control and show the full breadth...

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Michael Pain and Alice Gregson
The Knowledge

What do we really know about ‘managed moves’?

A new report sheds light on the practice of managed moves and calls for urgent government action to improve...

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Whitney Crenna-Jennings

As we begin: Dispositions of mind, learning and the brain in early childhood

This passionate case for child-centred learning in the early years lacks realism about implementing its ideas

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