2021 in review

The year a ‘return to normal’ only got further away

If 2020 was hard, 2021 has taken multi-tasking to a new level, writes Evelyn Forde. Yet the people in...

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EVELYN FORDE
2021 in review

The year our unity in the face of Covid began to fray

Working in unity against Covid has seen the sector through three waves of Covid, writes Sarah Gallagher, and we...

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SARAH GALLAGHER
2021 in review

The year we forgot all about Gavin

A new education secretary and a new shadow team, but old problems continue to dog the sector and are...

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ANNA MCSHANE
The Knowledge

How can we ensure teachers take up and benefit from CPD?

While reforms have removed much of the cost barrier to teachers accessing quality CPD, one important obstacle remains, explains...

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CAT SCUTT
Opinion

New NPQs mean leadership improvement is in the cards

Teaching and leadership development will no longer be based on the equivalent of a tarot reading but on best-bet...

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MATT HOOD
Advisory boards

Why advisory boards – and your vote – matter

With elections underway for new advisory boards, Dominic Herrington sets out why the system is a quite success story...

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DOMINIC HERRINGTON
Women in the workplace

Managing menopause is a challenge all leaders must rise to

Menopause is more inevitable than childbirth, writes Katy Marsh-Davies, yet we don’t have the systems and policies to manage...

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KATY MARSH-DAVIES
Remote learning

What makes good online teaching? Pupils have their say

Closures have already caused some teachers to change their practices permanently, writes Reka Budai, and new insights from pupils...

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REKA BUDAI
Opinion: Accountability

ITT reforms could spell the beginning of the end for Ofsted

Despite concessions, schools and ITE providers remain at risk from the ITT market reforms and the organisation who will...

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DAVID SPENDLOVE