Opinion

Local decision-making must include AP to deliver for vulnerable pupils

As the school system finds its way in a confusing new normality, success hinges on being inclusive of voices...

JL Dutaut
ELEANOR BERNARDES
Opinion

Even when the world stops, we have to keep on going

Schools Week’s contributing editor reflects on the prospect of empty playgrounds and the role schools must continue to play...

JL Dutaut
LAURA MCINERNEY
Opinion

Do we value hard thinking, and what does it look like in the classroom?

Simplifying disciplines for novices is a big part of the job but making things hard is how we make...

JL Dutaut
HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD
Opinion

Accountability snapshots tell an incomplete story of schools

Schools, teachers and students deserve better than to see their stories reduced to statistical snapshots, writes filmmaker and ex-teacher...

JL Dutaut
JAIME TAYLOR
Opinion

Vulnerable students need key adults to fight through isolation

As schools rush to put home learning and free meals in place, we mustn’t forget the importance of key...

JL Dutaut
SHEILA MULVENNEY
Opinion

Should character play any part in educator development?

Bunkum and divination have made their way on to educator development programmes and even leadership interviews, write Matt Hood...

JL Dutaut
MATT HOOD AND NEIL GILBRIDE
Opinion

School closures: ASCL general secretary’s advice to members

Following yesterday’s announcements on school closures and the cancellation of this year’s exam series, Geoff Barton, General Secretary of...

JL Dutaut
GEOFF BARTON
Opinion

In times of uncertainty teachers and leaders need clarity

The NEU’s priority is to get clarity for teachers and school leaders. But one thing’s for certain: There’s no...

JL Dutaut
MARY BOUSTED
Exams

Exams have been cancelled – so what happens now?

Robert Half, the American businessman, once said “it’s easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options”....

John Dickens
JONATHAN SIMONS