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...

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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
Opinion

How Labour’s ‘back to the future’ Ofsted plans can work

Labour’s recently announced plan for remodelled school inspection reads as a hopeful case of “back to the future”. Its...

John Dickens
COLIN RICHARDS
Opinion

Are independent school pensions about to help schools recruit?

Many teachers in private schools have threatened to leave if their schools withdraw from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme –...

Phil Reynolds
PHILLIP REYNOLDS
Opinion

No more heroes. Time to change the record on school leadership

Let’s celebrate “expert leaders”, say Jen Barker and Tom Rees, and stop always talking about charismatic, dynamic, inspirational leaders...

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JEN BARKER AND TOM REES
Opinion

Research review: Cat Scutt investigates how to set a positive work culture

New classes. New colleagues. Maybe a new school. Teachers will have spent the past couple of weeks setting the...

Expert Contributor
CAT SCUTT