The Conversation in 2023 – This year’s hot topics

Our regular contributors look back on the year in educational self-publishing to pick out their favourites

Find out more
Opinion: Curriculum

Building blocks for teaching tomorrow’s environmentalists

The Crown Estate have launched two educational Minecraft worlds to engage young people with gree skills and conservation

JL Dutaut
Judith Everett
Opinion: Estates

The UK’s first biophilic school heralds the sustainable future of learning

As COP28 draws to a close, Sumeet Bhatia reveals Cisco’s work with DfE to create a school to model...

JL Dutaut
Sumeet Bhatia
Opinion: Mental health

Solutions to the mental health crisis can’t wait another day

A second report from the Coalition for Youth Mental Health in Schools reveals a lack of progress and makes...

JL Dutaut
Erin Docherty and Gavin English
Opinion: Accountability

How we’re promoting psychological safety in our schools

The high-accountability nature of our sector makes normalising vulnerability in leadership imperative

JL Dutaut
Tom Campbell
Opinion: Accountability

Decentralising Ofsted is an idea whose time has come (again) 

Frank Norris reveals that a new model of local inspection wouldn’t be all that new or all that alien...

JL Dutaut
Frank Norris
Opinion: Accountability

We must think beyond reform and prioritise belonging

Ofsted reform is sorely needed but our staff, pupils and families can’t wait for the profession to heal itself...

JL Dutaut
Christine Stansfield
Opinion: Accountability

Re-prioritising data in inspections is a backwards step

At the risk of “annoying successful headteachers”, my school shows why the current inspection framework is getting the big...

JL Dutaut
Matthew Tate
Opinion: Sustainability

The UK is continuing to lead the world on climate education

The UK is leading the way on sustainability in education and we will ensure it continues to do so...

JL Dutaut
Baroness Barran