Opinion: SEND

Caseworker teams are key to SEND system improvement

Neglecting these crucial SEND workers is a key reason the system is in crisis. They deserve a workforce strategy,...

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André Imich

The Conversation – with Jess Mahdavi-Gladwells

The interpersonal nature of learning, who 'owns' SEND in your school, a tricky meeting with the head, and going...

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The Curriculum Conversation

A rare opportunity to rethink our damaging bell curve model

Our system of ranking students at 16 causes untold damage. It’s time for the 14-18 curriculum the sector has...

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Bob Moon
Opinion: Solutions

How we’re empowering teachers with high-quality assessment

Our new assessment model delivers transformative capacity for key stage 3 - and you can try it out for...

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Dale Bassett
Opinion: Early Years

A new definition to close the school readiness gap

A new sector-led definition of school readiness aims to help all those involved in children's early development to work...

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Felicity Gillespie
Opinion: Solutions

How to build an internal alternative provision that works

These are the key lessons I've learned from setting up an internal AP, from reallocating funding to creating a...

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Sam Strickland

The Conversation – with Shekeila Scarlett

A new government 'AI playbook', the importance of early careers education, and the children's commissioner's new youth advisory panel...

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Opinion: Teaching Commission

We must address racism to solve the recruitment and retention crisis

The sector is missing out on a huge pool of talent as a result failing to tackle racism in...

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Yamina Bibi
Opinion: Policy

Maintained schools are key to ending our omni-crisis

Failing to hear the voices of the maintained sector is at least partly to blame for the cluster of...

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Ben Davis