Opinion: Health

It’s time to unite schools and health services … and here’s how

Our Schools and Health Framework lays the foundations for partnership working, say Dawn Haywood and Claire Gething

John Dickens
Dawn Haywood and Claire Gething
Opinion: Solutions

5 lessons from top trusts on parent communication

Families do not always feel listened to or understood in school communications. Here’s some top tips to resolve that…

John Dickens
Jessica Shepherd
Opinion: Breakfast clubs

We listened to schools on breakfast clubs – now we’re acting

Early education minister says flagship free breakfast clubs will be game-changer for pupils with special needs as next rollout…

John Dickens
Olivia Bailey
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This week’s best responses from our readers

Science for all, minding the language gap, seeing ourselves and teaching fatigue

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Various
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Question level analysis is a waste of your time… so stop

When used correctly data can help inform important school decisions, but there is always a danger one reads too…

Freddie Whittaker
John Jerrim
Opinion

Beyond EBacc: How to get the next accountability shift right

As history has shown us, any new public policy performance measure leads to the system adapting its behaviour

Freddie Whittaker
Tim Oates
Opinion

New enrichment benchmarks will be a boost, not a burden

Ask any teacher what they remember from school or college and it won’t be a test score

Freddie Whittaker
Liz Robinson and Ruth Marvel
Opinion

As AI does our work, it may destroy the reasons we learn

Deference to machines raises questions not just about what and how we learn, but why, warns Lawrence Foley

Freddie Whittaker
Lawrence Foley
Opinion

Why it’s time to turn SEND training ‘inside out’

Working from a diagnosis seems obvious but has limitations – so teachers need to anticipate pupils’ needs, says Dr…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Anne Heavey

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Opinion: Health

It’s time to unite schools and health services … and here’s how

Our Schools and Health Framework lays the foundations for partnership working, say Dawn Haywood and Claire Gething

John Dickens
Dawn Haywood and Claire Gething
Opinion: Solutions

5 lessons from top trusts on parent communication

Families do not always feel listened to or understood in school communications. Here’s some top tips to resolve that…

John Dickens
Jessica Shepherd
Opinion: Breakfast clubs

We listened to schools on breakfast clubs – now we’re acting

Early education minister says flagship free breakfast clubs will be game-changer for pupils with special needs as next rollout…

John Dickens
Olivia Bailey

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Degree apprenticeships are key to increasing and diversifying recruitment

Work to deliver the new qualification should continue at pace to meet recruitment challenges by making teaching more accessible,…

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ITT: Which is the odd one out?

The deeply flawed ITT reforms are a threat to sustainable teacher supply for purely ideological purposes, writes David Spendlove

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University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

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Sam Sykes
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How sitting an exam re-affirmed my respect for our students

I still believe exams to be the best way of testing academic knowledge and understanding but they’re no bagatelle,…

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