Opinion: Solutions

5 lessons from top trusts on parent communication

Families do not always feel listened to or understood in school communications. Here's some top tips to resolve that...

John Dickens
Jessica Shepherd
Opinion: Health

It’s time to unite schools and health services … and here’s how

Our Schools and Health Framework lays the foundations for partnership working, say Dawn Haywood and Claire Gething

John Dickens
Dawn Haywood and Claire Gething
Opinion: Breakfast clubs

We listened to schools on breakfast clubs – now we’re acting

Early education minister says flagship free breakfast clubs will be game-changer for pupils with special needs as next rollout...

John Dickens
Olivia Bailey
Opinion

This week’s best responses from our readers

Science for all, minding the language gap, seeing ourselves and teaching fatigue

Freddie Whittaker
Various
Opinion

Question level analysis is a waste of your time… so stop

When used correctly data can help inform important school decisions, but there is always a danger one reads too...

Freddie Whittaker
John Jerrim
Opinion

New enrichment benchmarks will be a boost, not a burden

Ask any teacher what they remember from school or college and it won’t be a test score

Freddie Whittaker
Liz Robinson and Ruth Marvel
Opinion

Beyond EBacc: How to get the next accountability shift right

As history has shown us, any new public policy performance measure leads to the system adapting its behaviour

Freddie Whittaker
Tim Oates
Opinion

As AI does our work, it may destroy the reasons we learn

Deference to machines raises questions not just about what and how we learn, but why, warns Lawrence Foley

Freddie Whittaker
Lawrence Foley
Opinion

Why it’s time to turn SEND training ‘inside out’

Working from a diagnosis seems obvious but has limitations – so teachers need to anticipate pupils’ needs, says Dr...

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Anne Heavey