Opinion

Ofsted must do more to acknowledge staff who go the extra mile

Schools with more pupils from deprived backgrounds are still less likely to be judged ‘good’. Ofsted must do more...

Freddie Whittaker
STEPHEN TIERNEY
Opinion

Do schools understand what it’s like to be poor at Christmas?

A recent House of Commons Briefing Paper suggests that on current trends, by 2021/22, the share of children in...

JL Dutaut
LOIC MENZIES
Opinion

School business leaders are transforming schools and the system

Despite the backdrop of continued political uncertainty and a government in relative paralysis, 2019 has been an exciting year...

JL Dutaut
STEPHEN MORALES
Opinion: SEND

The SEND funding crisis can’t be hidden any longer

This year, the funding crisis affecting children with SEND and their families finally got the political attention it needs....

JL Dutaut
JULIE MCCULLOCH
Opinion

History repeats for school governors in 2019 funding crisis

Education has gone as far back to basics as it possibly can, writes Martin Matthews. If only politicians found...

JL Dutaut
MARTIN MATTHEWS
Opinion

As 2020 dawns, primary schools face a perfect storm

Primaries, their teachers and pupils face an unprecedented crisis if things don’t change in 2020, says Robert Campbell. And...

JL Dutaut
ROBERT CAMPBELL
Opinion: SEND

The SEND system desperately needs transformation in 2020

The new government needs to make the education of young people with SEND a top priority throughout the next...

JL Dutaut
CHRIS ROSSITER
Opinion

Secondary schools 2019. Great Expectations or Bleak House?

The dictionary of secondary schooling has seen a few new additions in 2019. Helena Marsh catalogues them, and makes...

JL Dutaut
HELENA MARSH
Opinion

No money. No ideas. A year of pure political purgatory

Schools have been visited by the ghosts or Christmas past, present and future this year, writes Laura McInerney. It’s...

JL Dutaut
LAURA MCINERNEY