Schools white paper

White paper: beware the unintended consequences

Policy makers looking to secure an all-academy system risk putting a jet engine on a bicycle – with predictable...

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Hugh Greenway
Schools white paper

White paper: the all-MAT system needs governance buy-in

Governors and trustees still have valid reservations about large MATs, writes Emma Knights, and the white paper must account...

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Emma Knights
The Knowledge

How can we improve attendance in the wake of Covid?

New EEF research offers some best bets for getting children back in the classroom and keeping them there after...

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Kirsten Mould
Oracy

The schools white paper must have oracy at its heart

We are now one year on from schools returning in full after the Covid lockdowns. But we are yet...

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Emma Hardy and Geraint Davies
Racism

Reconciling schools and artists after the Clanchy controversy

Controversy mustn’t hinder children’s access to artists in our schools, writes Bennie Kara, but we must balance artistic freedom...

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Bennie Kara
ITT

What next for an ECF that is already failing new teachers and mentors?

Halfway through its first year, the ECF has already become a straitjacket, writes Sam Strickland, but its promise can...

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SAM STRICKLAND
Exams

Exams: is there an alternative to ‘back to normal’?

Schools may be relieved to recover a sense of normality, write Mick Waters and Tim Brighouse, but there are...

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Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters
The Knowledge

Are closed questions enough for national curriculum tests?

Open and closed questions both have their advantages and drawbacks, write Katie Colwill and Philippa Green, and there are...

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KATIE COLWILL and PHILIPPA GREEN
Community

How can we help pupils make sense of this war impartially?

Impartiality guidance doesn’t help teachers navigate the classroom dilemmas caused by this invasion, writes Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell, but some good...

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JESS MADHAVI-GLADWELL