Opinion

Government must act to support and protect supply teachers

Supply teaching is precarious – and costly – at the best of times. These teachers need solutions to see...

JL Dutaut
PATRICK ROACH
Opinion

“No, Minister.” Why Ofqual’s independence is no joking matter

There is room for improvement of Ofqual, but its independence is crucial to a functioning system, writes this member...

JL Dutaut
Professor Jo-Anne Baird
Exams

Delaying 2021 exams is a good idea – here’s why

Pushing exams back a few weeks next summer is the best option. Arguments for more major exam reform fall...

JL Dutaut
JON COLES
Opinion

Have changing attitudes made masks this season’s must-have?

Laura McInerney explores Teacher Tapp data showing evolving attitudes to face coverings in schools Dystopia is not what it...

JL Dutaut
LAURA MCINERNEY
Exams

Ministers can’t muddle their way through to summer 2021 exams

Schools needed a plan for next summer’s exams weeks ago. Without it, we are already risking another fiasco, writes...

JL Dutaut
SARAH HANNAFIN
Opinion

Heightened risks mean more should be done to prevent exclusions now

The reality for excluded children is already dismaying and Covid could make it worse. It’s time for concerted action,...

JL Dutaut
CLAIRE HEALD
Opinion

We’d planned the first day back at school perfectly. Then it rained

It would be no exaggeration to say the last few months rank up there with the toughest of my...

Jess Staufenberg
ALASTAIR O'CONNOR
Opinion: SEND

I’ve had to tell 17 SEND pupils they can’t come to school – and I’m furious

Reading a recent report by ASK Research with the NFER about children at special education schools and colleges, I...

Jess Staufenberg
DOMINIC WALL
Opinion

Refusing to fund Covid costs will plunge schools like mine back into the red

Yesterday felt like the final straw for many school leaders up and down the country. Schools minister Nick Gibb...

Jess Staufenberg
PAUL GOSLING