The Knowledge

How to take part in a DEEP dive into school groups

As the EPI launches new research in school group effectiveness, Bobbie Mills explains what we need to learn, why...

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Bobbie Mills
Disadvantage gap

We can’t support disadvantaged pupils if we can’t monitor their outcomes

Changes to free school meal eligibility make monitoring our progress on closing the disadvantaged attainment gap nearly impossible, writes...

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ANUSHA GHOSH
Governance

NLG reforms have left chairs of governors unsupported

National Leader of Governance reforms have left a gaping hole in the vital support available to chairs of governors,...

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NEIL YATES
finance

How to take control of your finances in 2022

Budgets are stretched in unprecedented fashion, but putting value at the heart of our financial operation has been transformative,...

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ANDREW MOORHOUSE
Covid

Improving air quality is for life, not just for Covid

Improving indoor air quality shouldn’t be considered a quick fix for Covid recovery but a long-term investment in healthier...

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DAVID GLOVER
Inclusion

Why we need to see the children of prisoners

Unlocking the potential of these children is matter of seeing them and tackling the stigma that keeps them and...

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NATASHA PORTER
The Knowledge

Is extending the school day a viable solution to lost learning?

Our case study reveals important caveats for ‘out-of-school time’ provision and challenges leaders to think differently about post-Covid recovery,...

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CLAIRE FORBES
Community

How to build your armour against parental abuse

The pandemic started with an initial wave of support for schools, but ongoing challenges and controversies have created a...

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RACHEL SMITH
Social mobility

Admissions are closing the door on social mobility

The new social mobility commission chair should lobby for one reform that would deliver real change and silence her...

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MIKE ION