The Knowledge

Research: how can coaching lead to school improvement?

New research shows coaching can lead to school improvement, write Rachel Lofthouse and Trista Hollweck, and hints at best bets to make that...

JL Dutaut
RACHEL LOFTHOUSE* AND TRISTA HOLLWECK**
Education Reform

Teacher training needs reform, but the government’s review isn’t nearly ambitious enough

The government’s initial teacher training review has the potential to improve some aspects of provision, but could prove to...

Freddie Whittaker
JONATHAN MOUNTSTEVENS
Diversity

Diversity in academy leadership needs to improve. What can the sector do about it?

Alice Gregson and Ed Dorrell share insights from the first national survey on trust leadership diversity

Freddie Whittaker
ALICE GREGSON AND ED DORRELL
Opinion

Girls in STEM: A cause for celebration, not complacency

GCSE and A level results give grounds to rejoice about girls’ success in STEM subjects, but there is a...

JL Dutaut
DR JO FOSTER
Opinion

Supporting students to take control of leaked explicit images

A new tool helps young people remove explicit images of themselves from the internet, but it is only a...

JL Dutaut
Suzanne Houghton
Opinion

Alternative Provision: A results day like no other

Gerry Robinson reflects on her first results day as a leader in Alternative Provision, and the heightened sense of...

JL Dutaut
GERRY ROBINSON
Exams

To be fair, we can do better than exams

Ministers’ clamour to return to our pre-pandemic exams system is founded on an impoverished idea of fairness, writes Jo-Anne...

JL Dutaut
JO-ANNE BAIRD
Opinion

Appeals can’t be allowed to fuel further disadvantage

Misinformation could lead to mass dissatisfaction with this year’s results and the best remedy is an appeal to reason,...

JL Dutaut
YVONNE WILLIAMS
Exams

Next year’s exams could be statistically contentious if we don’t act now

Clear conversations about next year’s exams are needed right away, writes Sharon Witherspoon The last two years have been...

Jess Staufenberg
Sharon Witherspoon