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Stop the rush to push reception children into formal learning

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Play will not appear in a recorded outcome, but it is one of the most important ways that children develop

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How can school leaders support teachers to thrive in their work?

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1w | The Research Leader

Our research explored what can be done to support staff in a rewarding but challenging profession

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Can a school decide to leave an academy trust?

11 Aug 2017 | Opinion

As one regional schools commissioner ponders whether a school can voluntarily quit its multi-academy ...

11 Aug 2017 | Opinion
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Get back to basics and start marketing your school

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Tumbling pupil numbers make it vital that schools start to tell their stories, starting with a decent website

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The role of a head’s PA has changed. Why hasn’t our language?

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3w | Opinion: Leadership

I still manage diaries and answer letters, but I’m also a strategic partner

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3w | Opinion: Leadership

How to drive up attendance in your school

I have been in education for 23 years and leading on attendance for 15 of those across schools of every type. Leadership of attendance has never been more complex than now. We can debate what has led to a sense that school is now no longer mandatory at length, but the problem is not going […]

What is driving persistent absence in your setting?

Early findings from ImpactEd’s new research projects suggest some factors school leaders should consider when trying to improve attendance

Our call for urgent extra SEND funding and reform

Gary Streeter MP sets out the case for the chancellor to invest quickly and substantially in SEND support

How to respond to students’ questions about Israel and Palestine

Anjum Peerbacos offers some short- and longer-term ideas to ensure all teachers are able to reassure students about a highly complex and sensitive subject

The mobile phone ban isn’t the wrong answer. It’s the wrong problem

Smartphone use isn’t the cause of poor mental health but a symptom of a deeper malaise, says Penelope Shortland-Palmer

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, writes Melanie Renowden

Trusts face a reckoning over their growth plans

More interest in sponsorship of a dwindling number of schools means smaller trusts should bet on growth by other means, argues David Thomas

How oracy supports vocabulary development

Voice 21’s new impact report establishes oracy as an essential part of vocabulary acquisition, explains Kathleen McBride

How do school leaders retain their most talented staff?

John Jerrim reveals the results of a new study into the importance of staff knowing and believing in their school leader’s vision

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