Opinion

Changing the educational set menu

As the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) publishes its second Reflecting Realities report, Sonia Thompson reflects on...

JL Dutaut
SONIA THOMPSON
Opinion

What next for school accountability?

Peer review has finally made it on to the political agenda as evidence of its benefits grows, writes Dr...

Victoria
Kate Chhatwal
Opinion

Making trustees trustworthy again after WCAT

The deeper scandal of Wakefield City Academy Trust is that it could all too easily happen again. All that’s...

Victoria
Martin Matthews
Opinion

Taking primary teacher effectiveness to the next level

What do teachers in effective primary schools do? It’s a question teachers, teacher trainers, school leaders and policymakers alike...

Victoria
BRENDA TAGGART
Opinion

Removing parent governors will be seen as power grab to stifle dissent

Three years ago the then education secretary Justine Greening announced she was dropping her predecessor’s proposal to remove the...

John Dickens
EMMA KNIGHTS
Opinion

Time to get serious about children with additional needs

The SEND Code of Practice is routinely broken because a number of factors are not being addressed. Simply moving...

Expert Contributor
JO HUTCHINSON
Opinion

A hundred years of randomness: Dr Ben Styles on education RCTs

On Monday around 100 education researchers and users of research gathered at the Royal Statistical Society to celebrate the...

Expert Contributor
DR BEN STYLES
Opinion

Ofsted’s new framework: From watchdog to service dog?

Last week we got “the call” in one our trust’s primary schools. The second week of September, a new,...

JL Dutaut
DAN MORROW
Opinion

Extra cash is welcome, but schools need to stop being wasteful

Promises of more funding will be welcome, but the sector can’t continue using disadvantaged schools as cover for their...

John Dickens
PAUL TARN