Opinion: Politics

This pay offer is an insult to a profession that voted for change

Below inflation, below average wage increases - and unfunded to boot - the school workforce will balk at more...

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Daniel Kebede
Opinion: Policy

Fixing the school-readiness crisis requires more honesty

The prime minister's 'plan for change' correctly identifies a major challenge but his new target could muddle efforts to...

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Felicity Gillespie
Opinion: Curriculum review

How can the curriculum better support the needs of EAL learners?

The evidence about EAL learners is clear: proficiency in English is the single most important predictor of their achievement....

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Katherine Solomon
The Knowledge

What impact has the pandemic had on pupils and schools?

A new NFER report reveals the impact of the pandemic on two cohorts of primary pupils over four years

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Tara Paxman
The Knowledge

What the media say about youth – and its impact

A new report reveals pervasive negative media portrayals of young people and how these affect how they perceive themselves

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Elise Temple
Opinion: Solutions

The power of systematically closing knowledge gaps

Gaps in knowledge can arise from attendance issues but quickly become their cause. Here’s how we’ve made closing them...

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Jeremy Spencer
Opinion: Policy

Ignore the headlines. Behaviour Hubs have been a real success

Focusing on young people’s perceptions in the Behaviour Hubs’ interim report obfuscates key evidence that the programme is working

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Pan Panayiotou
Opinion: Academy trusts

Schools in merging trusts should give parents an out

Conditions could lead to a phase of increased trust mergers and acquisitions. Schools should have a say on changing...

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Joe Hallgarten
Opinion: SEND

Blaming and shaming won’t help solve the SEND crisis

Stirred by over-simplified punditry, Hugh Greenway sets out the real problems dogging SEND provision – and some ideas for...

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Hugh Greenway