Opinion

Reading: Consistency and firm foundations are key to success

Responding to the EEF's recent evaluation of phonics schemes, Venessa Willms explains their place in Ark Schools' broader approach...

JL Dutaut
Venessa Willms
Safeguarding

IICSA: What the sexual abuse inquiry could mean for schools

The landmark inquiry into child sexual abuse calls for reforms with important training implications for teachers, weites Malcolm Johnson

JL Dutaut
Malcolm Johnson
Opinion

Recruitment: Edtech’s solution to the governance gap

With two-thirds of governing bodies reporting at least one vacancy, Simon Hay offers an edtech solution to recruitment –...

JL Dutaut
Simon Hay
Teacher training and development

ECF: Getting the best from our second-year trainees

As trainees across the country settle into their second year under the new early career framework, Jane Cruikshank...

JL Dutaut
Jane Cruickshank
Politics

MAT-isation: A culture of lowered expectations for heads

The white paper proposes a new system-wide tier of leadership that will see headteachers lowered from professionals to store...

JL Dutaut
Hans Broekman
Opinion

How I learned to stop worrying about my stroke and love cogsci

After a stroke affected her executive function, Tabitha McIntosh explains how her journey of recovery has meant embracing ideas...

JL Dutaut
Tabitha McIntosh
The Knowledge

NTP: What lessons can we learn from year one?

Lee Elliot Major responds to the NFER's new evaluation report of the first year of the NTP - the...

JL Dutaut
Lee Elliot Major
Opinion

We need to talk about workload (again)

Workload continues to cause a retention challenge, writes Reka Budai, but we're missing important detail to tackle it by...

JL Dutaut
Reka Budai
Opinion

Pre-pandemic school standards won’t return as quickly as we’d like

Schools are weathering the storm better than some public services, but a lack of funding will slow recovery

Freddie Whittaker
Philip Nye