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 managers, writes Hans Broekman
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 she used to dismiss
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 government’s flagship tutoring programme
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 focusing on lesson planning as a driver
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
Assemblies: surfing the ripple to keep pupils focused After wiping out on a wave of disruption of his own making, James Handscombe reflects on how to keep assemblies meaningful – and focused
Time for change: let’s end discriminatory hair policies As well as asking teachers to deliver lessons, school leaders can show their commitment to Black History Month by ending Afro hair discrimination, writes Kate Williams
Ofsted’s framework is failing first and infant schools The only conclusion from the downgrading of so many infant and first schools is that Ofsted’s framework is unfit to judge them, writes David Scott
Recruitment: Our scramble for youth is missing the talent Changes in population and the labour market mean the government’s scramble for young recruits is no longer a workable strategy, writes Katie Waldegrave