Opinion

Grammar schools can and do tackle social mobility

Funding for expansion is exactly how grammar schools like ours will deliver on our social mobility promise, writes Gary...

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GARY HICKEY
Sexual abuse

Making the vulnerable visible is how we will close gaps

Policy makers are able to really see vulnerable students for the first time, but will they choose to look?...

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Harry Quilter-Pinner* and Kiran Gill**
Covid

Covid adaptations have actually improved some aspects of school life

It’s not very new any more – and it certainly isn’t normal yet – but the adapted school day...

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TIM ROACH
Exams

Few certainties, but exams are fairest and should go ahead

Schools can be confident that Ofqual and exam boards have the tools to make summer 2021 exams fair, writes...

JL Dutaut
DAME GLENYS STACEY
Sexual abuse

Two out of 27. How government is failing the inclusion test

The government has only implemented two of 27 recommendations from the Timpson review of school exclusion. Cath Murray offers suggestions for how...

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CATH MURRAY
Opinion

Special schools show how much the system’s resilience is being tested

We’re in it for the long haul but special schools are the canary in the coal mine of the...

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MADELAINE CAPLIN
Opinion

Covid: We need data on learning loss and we need it fast

Summer exams will come too late to start learning useful lessons from Covid but we don’t have to wait...

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NATALIE PERERA* AND JOHN MOORE**
Opinion

How can school-charity partnerships help tackle lost learning?

With the national tutoring programme set to launch soon, a roundtable from earlier this year offers useful insights on...

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ALIX ROBERTSON* and SUSANNAH HARDYMAN**
Opinion

Covid presents teacher recruitment gains but challenges lie ahead

The Covid recession presents teacher recruitment with short-term gains but now is not the time to ease off the...

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JACK WORTH