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Stop the rush to push reception children into formal learning

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Play will not appear in a recorded outcome, but it is one of the most important ways that children develop

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How can school leaders support teachers to thrive in their work?

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Our research explored what can be done to support staff in a rewarding but challenging profession

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I’ve never seen a 5-year-old who looks like a statistic

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There will never be inclusive mainstream if we don’t help our youngest pupils upstream

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Get great at Gatsby benchmarks to fix NEET problem

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How putting careers guidance at the heart of school is our most powerful tool for NEET prevention

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Get back to basics and start marketing your school

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Tumbling pupil numbers make it vital that schools start to tell their stories, starting with a decent website

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GCSE results: A national shame that requires radical change

Our new research shows the unfolding tragedy of educational disadvantage, writes Lee Elliot Major, and it’s a scandal that requires radical action

English and maths resits are crucial – but fewer should need them

A low pass rate for English and maths GCSEs – especially among disadvantaged pupils – is not an argument for reforming assessment but for improving outcomes

Schools can close gaps – but they can’t fix inequality

It’s time to stop asking what schools can do for society and start asking what society can do for our schools, writes Russell Hobby

Exam results: Regional disparities show we need new solutions

This summer’s exam results have once again shown the persistence of regional disparities in educational attainment. Across A levels and GCSEs, the gap in top grades between the North East and London has actually widened. But while there is a growing North-South divide in educational attainment, it is wrong to suggest that this is due […]

4 things to look out for in tomorrow’s GCSE results

As the sector prepares for the first GCSE results based on exams since 2019, Jon Andrews explains what we can expect …

Prioritising poorer pupils for university is not ‘social engineering’

The odds of getting a university place remain heavily stacked against the poorest in society, one sector leader writes

A-level results are no disaster – but the system is not out of the woods

The vast majority of young people who wanted to attend university now can – after that there are some tricky questions, writes Tom Richmond Although A-level results day is always a special moment across thousands of schools and colleges, we should remember that today is particularly special for the young people who took their exams […]

Exams can’t close the attainment gap. We must address the underlying causes

Qualification reform is needed, but won’t be enough on its own to address issues of inclusion, diversity and equality

How unfunded pay rises turned my budget surplus into a £140k deficit

Headteacher Tim Marston has been forced into a summer savings scramble after the government’s late decision to raise teacher salaries without giving schools more cash

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