National Curriculum

We must not sleepwalk into ditching the national curriculum

The schools bill threatens to make the national curriculum obsolete, writes Tim Oates, and that's not a good thing...

JL Dutaut
Tim Oates
Opinion: Sustainability

Heatwave: Keeping cool is a concern for the future too

There is little schools can do to mitigate extreme weather without investment to make the estate more resilient, efficient...

JL Dutaut
Steven Reynolds
Inclusion

Real inclusion starts with our schools’ workforce

Inclusion is a core educational value, write the co-leads of Eden Academy Trust's anti-racism working party, and we can...

JL Dutaut
Simone Wright and Sophia Barton
Diversity

How did we do at diversifying your curriculum this year?

We’ve built on last year's progress in diversifying our content, writes JL Dutaut, but there’s more to be done...

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
The Knowledge

Five research insights that got us thinking in 2021/22

The last word of every Schools Week edition is often the first you’ll hear of new educational research that...

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Opinion: Sustainability

2025 is too little too late for sustainability education

The curriculum reforms on offer in response to climate change are not only unequal to the task, writes Jo...

JL Dutaut
Jo Sale
Funding

Falling pupil numbers require an urgent policy response

The Department for Education have just published their latest pupil projections for the next decade. These predict that there...

JL Dutaut
Jenna Julius
Opinion

GCSE league tables: Are they up to scratch?

The statistics regulator has taken a look at key stage 4 performance data to make sure it is meeting...

John Dickens
Nicky Pearce
Opinion: Mental health

Mental health first aid is as important as physical first aid

St John Ambulance led the campaign to put physical first aid on the curriculum, writes one Year 13 volunteer,...

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Edwards