The end of average: How to succeed in a world that values sameness

I resisted this book because it oozed something of the self-help manual. But at the same time, I was...

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News

Amanda Spielman named as new Ofsted chief inspector

Ofqual chair Amanda Spielman has been approved by the government as the next Ofsted chief inspector. A Department for...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

Do careers talks in schools improve pupils’ life chances?

What have you been working on? The impact of school-based careers talks, with people from outside school, on earnings...

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Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

My change of heart about coaching

After joining Schools Week as deputy editor, Cath Murray was sent to mingle with readers at a training event...

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Schools Week Reporter

The Life Project – book review

Cohort studies have taught us everything we know. Well, not quite, but working my way through Helen Pearson’s The...

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Politics

Academy conversion advice

Welcome to Schools Week’s agony aunt* column, for all your academisation woes. Whether you’ve already boarded the academisation train, are...

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Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

Why some children with language needs are being missed

What have you been working on? A study on language impairment at school entry age, and how we can...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

Do “prison academies” make sense?

In light of Michael Gove’s plan for the prison sector to learn from schools, Peter Dawson of the Prison Reform trust explains...

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Schools Week Reporter
News

Speed read: Coates review of education in prison – the schools bits

Dame Sally Coates published her review of education in prisons today. Michael Gove, as justice secretary, commissioned the review...

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Schools Week Reporter