The Knowledge

What might a more holistic primary assessment look like?

Perennial concerns about the impact of SATs require workable teacher-led approaches to delivering a more holistic assessment system, writes...

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Alix Robertson

Sentence models for creative writing

Terry Freedman is unconvinced by the premise and irritated by basic English errors in this compendium of sentence structures

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The Conversation – with Robert Gasson

Behaviour, trauma, the worst time to strike and an how not to take advantage of your opponent's divisions

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Service children

Why service children need support and how to provide it

On Armed Forces Day, Louis Fetigan sets out the challenges military life brings to children and how schools can...

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Louise Fetigan
Community

Schools can’t continue to be the fourth emergency service

It’s not sustainable to keep asking heads to take a lead in helping families in crisis through our fractured...

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Keziah Featherstone
RAAC

RAAC: How to spot the ‘ticking timebomb’  and what to do next

Nobody wants the cost of uncovering and remediating crumbly building material, says Lucia Glynn, but the cost of not...

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Lucia Glynn
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s problem is that it isn’t ‘wicked’ enough

No I’m not picking up the baton of hard-nosed leadership Michael Wilshaw just dropped, says Doug Lowes, but Ofsted...

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Dr Doug Lowes
Curriculum

Six top tips to diversify your English curriculum

It’s not about scrapping Shakespeare but complementing and enriching students’ reading, explains Tabatha Sheehan

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Tabatha Sheehan
The Knowledge

Can adventure learning improve student outcomes?

A new EEF report contains enough evidence to recommend that it should be available to all of our young...

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Dr Sarah Reaney-Wood and Ben Willis