We’ve heard schools bill fears, but our end goal is unchanged Minister insists she doesn’t want to ‘micro-manage academies’, but new intervention powers are necessary
Bridging the gap with early years for a fairer start for all Our pilot is proving that schools’ involvement in the early years makes academic and financial sense, writes Katie Oliver, and there’s no time to wait to start
Facial recognition in schools: innocuous or intrusive? Facial recognition in lunch queues is the thin end of a wedge that could put schools on a course towards complex legal proceedings, writes Emily Carter
Why Dame De Souza is wrong on attendance Dame Rachel De Souza’s criticism of local authorities’ work on attendance flies in the face of the schools white paper, writes Steve Thomas
The Baker Clause requires a carrot as well as a stick Legal enforcement of the Baker Clause is long overdue and will benefit all pupils, writes Simon Connell, but it mustn’t punish schools who abide by it
Six key principles for successfully onboarding new leaders Now is the time to ensure all your new ingredients for success are combining successfully to bake in next year’s improvements, writes Tom Campbell
How can we nurture teachers’ superpowers? There are clear ways to develop impactful teacher expertise, writes Sarah Bagshaw McCormick, and merely observing colleagues’ ‘superpowers’ isn’t one of them
A looming middle leadership crisis must be averted Some achieve middle leadership and some have it thrust upon them, but too few are thriving in their ill-defined roles, write Sinéad McBrearty and Dan Morrow
From Netflix for CPD to supporting organisational change From internal communication tool to a Netflix for CPD, our OpenSource now promises to support leaders across the sector to implement change, writes Luke Sparkes