Opinion: Workforce

How can teachers’ learning contribute to better inclusion?

Inclusion is a constant teacher priority and our research shows some forms of professional learning foster more effective approaches...

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Professor Rachel Lofthouse and Dr Mhairi C. Beaton
Opinion

Let’s make school streets safer for good

The creation of car-free school streets would be a huge help in combating the high levels of air pollution...

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SIOBHAN BAILLIE
The lockdown diary

Hope amid despair

Gerry Robinson opens her lockdown diary to record the past week with year 10 poetry still echoing in her...

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GERRY ROBINSON
Opinion

Ofqual’s proposal simply doesn’t make the grade

Its intentions are reasonable, but it’s hard to see any positive outcomes from Oqual’s proposal, writes Tom Richmond “I...

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TOM RICHMOND
Opinion

A sudden desire to trust teachers hints at a poisoned chalice

After months of dithering and conflicting messages, the government’s latest noises on trust in teacher grading look likely to...

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DAME ALISON PEACOCK
Opinion

Will the current lockdown ease financial pressures on schools? 

A new report by the NFER shows that regardless of lockdown all schools are struggling with Covid-related schools and...

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JENNA JULIUS
Opinion

Migrant children need targeted support through lockdown

These are the strategies we need in order to address the particular problems faced by migrant children during the...

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Dr Shoba Arun and Aleksandra Szymczyk
The lockdown diary

New year’s revolutions

Dan Morrow opens his lockdown diary to document another topsy-turvy week in education leadership

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DAN MORROW
Opinion

Our media are making the hardest of situations harder

The venom habitually directed at the teaching profession by the media commentariat has plumbed new lows during the lockdowns,...

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SARAH GALLAGHER