JL Dutaut | Schools Week

The dangerous policy blind spot that’s driving workload

Policy makers have become so school-centric they can’t see the willing army of support under their noses. I know. I missed them too

Five simple strategies to boost vocabulary learning

Suzie Jabarian sets out five sure-fire ways to ensure students explore, understand and retain more new vocab

What makes some schools succeed in closing disadvantage gaps?

New research into pupil premium spending indicates some strategies may be more fruitful than others for under-resourced students

The Review: Initium by Emma Turner

At St Matthew’s, we strive to be suited, booted and rooted in all things, ‘science of learning’. As a research school, evidence-informed practice is the way we support educators to realise the EEF mission – to break the link between income and attainment. So I was excited to read Emma Turner’s latest book. The roll […]

The Conversation – with Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell

Ofsted and the unions, teaching through the ‘polycrisis’, evidence and agency, and living your best life

When it comes to childrens’ success, Money Matters

As a new report is launched in parliament on the effects of a Manchester pilot, Jackie Crouch reflects on how it has helped her school

We need a plan to stop 30,000 young mathematicians going missing

Striking new research shows many promising young maths pupils give up on the subject soon after they start secondary, explains Kathryn Greenhalgh

Social mobility demands we learn more about no-excuses schools

Critics of no-excuses schools need more evidence for their criticisms, while policy makers should look more closely at what makes them successful, writes Rob Wilson

Tutoring should be a permanent feature of our education system

Dedicated funding in the spirit of pupil premium would ensure tutoring’s benefits don’t return to being the preserve of those who can afford it, writes Munira Wilson