Covid has broken the old habit of going to school What lessons can we learn from the past about driving attendance up?
Six practices to retain disabled and neurodivergent staff There is nothing inevitable about staff with needs and disabilities leaving the profession or choosing not to enter it
Can teaching through languages improve overall outcomes? A new longitudinal study shows teaching subjects in foreign languages could benefit all learners
We must end the 30-year silence about boys’ underperformance Boys have been at the wrong end of a gender attainment gap for three decades and it is time we confronted it, says Nick Fletcher
A little-known opportunity for more sustainable schools Working with housing developers could unlock ways to make school sustainability a local priority (and some funding too)
We must make space for applied learning in the curriculum We have over-balanced education towards academic learning to the detriment of vital skills
Reforming accountability hinges on lowering the stakes We won’t fix inspection until we reform the consequences of inspection, argues Loic Menzies
Thinking beyond Ofsted is now mainstream and success beckons The Beyond Ofsted inquiry shows that was once radical is now within reach
Connecting to the outdoors when the outdoors is only concrete Mark Wilson explains how Wellspring Academy Trust has used art to bring learning outdoors in spite of austere and challenging contexts