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

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I’ve never seen a 5-year-old who looks like a statistic

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There will never be inclusive mainstream if we don’t help our youngest pupils upstream

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Get great at Gatsby benchmarks to fix NEET problem

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How putting careers guidance at the heart of school is our most powerful tool for NEET prevention

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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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Labour’s policy will cause silent suffering for 40,000

Children and families will be forced to make difficult choices and whole schools could collapse, says Dominic Norrish

How to get the most out of pupil premium

Despite our best efforts, the link between family income and education outcomes remains strong. One of the most powerful levers we have to address this is through the pupil premium (PP), but how can schools ensure they maximise its benefits? Introduced in 2011, it’s easy to forget just what a game-changer this policy has been. […]

How representative are your governors – and why does it matter?

Neil Collins explains why governance is improved by a diverse range of perspectives and how to start measuring how your board reflects your community

Solutions: How to normalise rejection in relationships education

Laura Coryton explains why talking about rejection matters and offers tips on how to prepare young people for it through PSHE and beyond

Braverman’s dangerous rhetoric puts pupils at risk

Everyone in education has good cause to resist the home secretary’s dangerous words on immigration, says Daniel Kebede

How to tame performance reviews to make them fair and constructive

David Benson offers advice on how to ensure appraisals are neither bureaucratic nor meaningless but help everyone towards genuine improvement

The mental health crisis calls for urgent policy solutions

Andrew Howard describes the desperate state of SEMH support – but argues the solutions are already here for determined policy makers to fix it

Four government priorities to support a sector-led system

Our fragile system only needs ministers to provide strategy and vision on four core missions to build its resilience, writes Leora Cruddas

What will it take to make maths to 18 a reality?

Simon Coyle identifies six strands to deliver a new maths deal for young people, drawn from a new collection of essays from sector leaders

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