Ofsted’s top priority must be to get its own house in order Under a new boss, the inspectorate must find a way to celebrate all hard-working schools and speak truth to power about disadvantage, writes Nick Brook
How Suffolk’s schools are putting collaboration over competition The Suffolk Education Partnership shows there is no rift that can’t be bridged for the benefit of learners, says Andrew Berry
DfE should act to prevent Covid impact on GCSE performance Early data suggests this year’s performance data risks being unfairly skewed without changes to account for the ongoing legacy of Covid, says Duncan Baldwin
The ‘Muslim problem’ is actually an opportunity for schools Understanding how faith acts as a motivator for Muslim children and young people can only positively contribute to schools’ aims, explains Sabah Gilani
How our trust is beating the recruitment and retention blues Investing in an internal recruitment business has been transformative for the trust, its schools and its pupils, explains Lee Mason-Ellis
Fix children’s social care to improve their GCSE grades Policymakers must not ignore what happens outside the school gate, writes Joe Lane
Families face a postcode lottery for SEND support. That needs to change Schools work tirelessly to meet pupils’ needs, but often this job has been too hard, writes children’s minister Claire Coutinho
We need a funded plan to close the regional attainment gap We know why regional gaps are growing, says Nick Harrison, so it’s time for government to start making changes
Our broken regulatory system disadvantages English pupils The discrepancies between grades for English pupils and their Welsh and Northern Irish couterparts are indefensible, says Jon Coles