Bubble Schools and the long road from lockdown

Tony Breslin's sequel to 'Lessons from Lockdown' is a valiant effot to secure a positive legacy from an awful...

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The conversation – with Fiona Atherton

Ofsted's attempt to reform itself, the NEU's controversial strike dates and the ongoing moral panic over RHSE resources

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Disadvantage gap

We need to be more discerning about disadvantage

Blunt measures like pupil premium are not equal to the task of informing decisions about educational provision, write Timo...

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Timo Hannay and Duncan Baldwin
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School leaders continue to doubt tutoring’s levelling up potential

NFER’s new survey reveals uncertainty amongst school leaders about whether tutoring is a long-term solution to closing the disadvantage...

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Emma Moore
Opinion: Sustainability

What do schools really need to deliver climate change education now?

Teachers don’t need a curriculum review or a new GCSE to deliver climate change education, writes Sylvia Knight. They...

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Professor Sylvia Knight
Opinion: Workforce

Four tangible policy solutions to tackle the recruitment crisis

Rhys Howells sets out some low-hanging fruit for policy makers to start making a dent in the recruitment crisis

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Rhys Howells
Opinion: Accountability

Peer review can’t replace inspection – but it can inform it

The power of peer review depends on its being kept separate from the incentives and disincentives of formalised accountability,...

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Kate Chhatwal
Opinion: Accountability

Safeguarding should matter to Ofsted as much as to schools

This week’s announcement doesn’t inspire confidence that Ofsted and the DfE get the impact accountability is having on headteachers,...

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Duncan Spalding
Opinion: Workforce

Is moving up a bigger retention problem than moving out? 

A new leadership pyramid has emerged that is pulling talent up faster than it can be replaced, argues David...

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David Benson