Schools white paper

White paper: All rhetoric and no solutions

All the ambitious vocabulary in the world couldn't hide this document's failure to grasp the real problems facing schools,...

JL Dutaut
Mary Bousted
Schools white paper

The week that will shape Nadhim Zahawi’s legacy

This week's DfE publications will shape how the education secretary is remembered, writes Yvonne Williams, so let's hope he's...

JL Dutaut
Yvonne Williams
Tutoring

Randstad: Reducing catch-up challenge to a political football is wrong

The delivery of NTP has come with challenges, but we are committed to growing the programme, writes Karen Guthrie

Samantha Booth
Karen Guthrie
Covid

Covid has raised new barriers for pupils in greatest need

New national attainment data shows the impact of the pandemic on primary school children has not been evenly spread,...

JL Dutaut
Stephan Nicholls
E-safety

The online safety bill will do little to protect children

Children appear to have been altogether ignored in the drafting of this bill and there’s little evidence it’ll make...

JL Dutaut
Jen Persson
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted complaints procedures are a cause for concern

Our experience shows a regulator so intent on being right, it simply can’t admit to getting it wrong, writes...

JL Dutaut
Nick Osborne
SEND review

SEND green paper: a chance to call out failures and mobilise

I’ve seen the system from every angle and none is flattering, writes Barney Angliss. It’s time to demand better...

JL Dutaut
Barney Angliss
Opinion: Curriculum

Inclusive Britain: a chance to right our history curriculum

A review will finally support teachers and schools to put our ‘hidden heritage’ in its rightful place across the...

JL Dutaut
Blondel Cluff
The Knowledge

Research: What support might students need with ‘normal’ exams?

Students will need extra support to prepare for exams that may feel normal to us but are completely new...

JL Dutaut
Tee McCaldin and Hannah Wilkinson