Ofsted’s problem is that it isn’t ‘wicked’ enough No I’m not picking up the baton of hard-nosed leadership Michael Wilshaw just dropped, says Doug Lowes, but Ofsted really is too tame
Six top tips to diversify your English curriculum It’s not about scrapping Shakespeare but complementing and enriching students’ reading, explains Tabatha Sheehan
Can adventure learning improve student outcomes? A new EEF report contains enough evidence to recommend that it should be available to all of our young people
We need to be more discerning about disadvantage Blunt measures like pupil premium are not equal to the task of informing decisions about educational provision, write Timo Hannay and Duncan Baldwin
School leaders continue to doubt tutoring’s levelling up potential NFER’s new survey reveals uncertainty amongst school leaders about whether tutoring is a long-term solution to closing the disadvantage gap, explains Emma Moore
What do schools really need to deliver climate change education now? Teachers don’t need a curriculum review or a new GCSE to deliver climate change education, writes Sylvia Knight. They need guidance and resources
Why trust central teams can be worth their weight in gold A strong and high-performing central team has many benefits, as Sir David Carter explains. But they must get their approach right…
Four tangible policy solutions to tackle the recruitment crisis Rhys Howells sets out some low-hanging fruit for policy makers to start making a dent in the recruitment crisis
Peer review can’t replace inspection – but it can inform it The power of peer review depends on its being kept separate from the incentives and disincentives of formalised accountability, writes Kate Chhatwal