Cost-of-living

How trusts are responding to the cost-of-living crisis

The cost-of-living crisis has had a profound impact on academy trust operations. Almost one in three respondents to a...

John Dickens
Nicola West Jones
Opinion: Attendance

Attendance is an issue, but it is never the issue

The answer to poor attendance is simple but implementing it is neither quick nor easy, explains Jonathan Roe

JL Dutaut
Jonathan Roe
Opinion: Edtech

We’re opening Oak up to help teachers and make educational AI more reliable

John Roberts explains how open government licensing will make Oak National Academy a launchpad for lesson planners, curriculum designers...

JL Dutaut
John Roberts
Opinion: Workforce

Making teaching attractive again must be priority one for the next government

Any incoming government will have to put an end to the failed experiment of competition that is driving teachers...

JL Dutaut
Jonny Uttley
Opinion: Accountability

What headteachers mean when they say headship has changed

It’s time policy makers and accountability caught up with the new reality of headship, explains Sam Strickland, so here’s...

JL Dutaut
Sam Strickland
Teacher pay

Three ways the government is failing teachers over pay

The government’s vague reference to economic theory to justify its strategy on pay ignores important truths about motivation, writes...

JL Dutaut
Yvonne Williams
Opinion: Workforce

The Knowledge. What works to improve recruitment and retention?

Becky Francis sets out key findings from today's new EEF review of international evidence on successful measures to recruit...

JL Dutaut
Becky Francis
Opinion: Workforce

If we solve the retention crisis, the recruitment crisis will follow

Staff attrition is a marker of the health of our education system and our diagnosis calls for immediate intervention,...

JL Dutaut
Sinéad McBrearty
Maths

Together we can deliver maths excellence in every class

Maths is a powerful driver of social mobility and we must do more to ensure more disadvantaged students stay...

Schools Week Reporter
Si Coyle