The Knowledge

Getting everyone talking about research – and pulling together

We have all been in that meeting, it seems. The one where the same colleague constantly argues, “Actually the...

JL Dutaut
Katie Mallender
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s autocratic curriculum experiment has failed

Over the years, Ofsted’s role has shifted from ‘aiming to improve lives by raising standards in education and children’s...

JL Dutaut
Meena Kumari Wood and Adrian Lyons
Opinion: Mental health

How to foster interest in world events – without the anxiety

As a new report shows young people are anxious about world events, Lindsay Nadin and Helen Care set out...

JL Dutaut
Lindsay Nadin and Dr Helen Care
Religious education

Religious education: A test case for humanist views

Schools have a lot of leeway over their curriculum for religious studies but a recent case means humanism simply...

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
SEND review

SEND Review: Why it’s time to ditch the meritocratic myth

We must rethink troubling assumptions at the heart of the SEND green paper in order to restore dignity to...

JL Dutaut
Ben Newmark and Tom Rees
Grammar Schools

Tory leadership: A chance to tackle selection once and for all

As the candidates gear up for a televised debate, Mike Ion suggests Rishi Sunak should come out fighting for...

JL Dutaut
Mike Ion
Teacher pay

Pay award: This ‘landmark’ settlement lands wide of the mark

What was meant to be a fully-funded and inflation-busting settlement has managed to be neither and please no one,...

JL Dutaut
Micon Metcalfe
Teacher pay

This pay award confirms my decision to leave

This 'best and fairest pay deal' is a timely reminder of why I decided to leave, writes Will Yates....

JL Dutaut
William Yates
Opinion

‘We got teachers the best and fairest pay deal we possibly could’

The education secretary writes about next year's pay deal, and his 'admiration' for teachers

Freddie Whittaker
James Cleverly