Opinion

A focus on oracy will require Ofsted to adapt

Richard Willis delves into the historical making of Labour's new policy and the changes needed to deliver it

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Richard Willis
Opinion

The NTP should be backed by a long-term tutoring guarantee

We need more stability in the system to build on tutoring's potential to close disadvantage gaps, says Jonathan Simons

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Jonathan Simons
Opinion: SEND

Why we need mandatory training for autism and learning disabilities

Autism and learning disabilities training is now mandatory for health and social care - and education should be next,...

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Paula McGowan
The Knowledge

Supporting neurodivergent pupils with symptomatic hypermobility

New research points to support schools can offer for neurodivergent pupils who may be masking a pain-related condition, writes...

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Jane Green
Behaviour

Is it time to rethink our fixation on behaviour management? 

A fixation on behaviour management can be a distraction from embedding our values in a way that would make...

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Adam Seldon
Opinion

Why DfE dithering is to blame for the trans cat-fight

Cat-identifying children are a distraction from the fact that schools have been left to teach fiction as fact in...

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Helen Joyce
Politics

What the next government must do for schools is get out of the way

The example of our work in Newham is that trying to run things from the centre doesn’t work, write...

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Sir Robin Wales and Clive Furness
Opinion: Accountability

We are accountable to governors and families – not Ofsted and league tables

If we can’t change ministers’ muscular activism, we can certainly control how it plays out in our schools, writes...

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Jon Coles
Politics

The Great Debate must now yield a Great Consensus

Jim Callaghan’s 1976 Ruskin College speech saw the irreversible entry of politicians into the “secret garden” of education. The...

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Caroline Barlow and Ruth Whymark