Opinion

Policies, infrastructure, communication and trouble-shooting: these are the four crucial things to consider as online teaching becomes increasingly common, writes Charlotte Aynsley The Department for Education’s (DfE) recent temporary continuity direction, which requires all schools to provide “immediate access to remote education” is likely to be  interpreted in large part as a call for schools to […]

The former prime minister reveals a long-term strategy that he says will build confidence to keep schools open Covid-19 has already deprived 300 million children of their education worldwide. We cannot let this happen again and must do everything in our power to keep schools open throughout and beyond this second lockdown. It is essential […]

If the best contingency we have is to slot students who missed exams into an unreliable grade ranking then we need to look again at the fundamentals, writes Dennis Sherwood Despite assurances from ministers that exams will go ahead in England this academic year, the exams regulator and exam boards are nevertheless developing contingency plans. […]

The latest data shows the most disadvantaged pupils were more likely to have missed the most school this term, writes Luke Sibieta Passionate views have been put forward over the past few days about whether schools should remain open, and it is almost certain that arguments will only intensify as the national lockdown comes into […]

Laura McInerney looks at the latest Teacher Tapp data to contrast the perceptions of policy makers with the reality in schools Policy makers keep asking an odd question. Every time they ask it, I’m totally baffled. “Why are teachers so stressed out?” they ask, “Surely they’ve got less to do now that technology has become […]

As the national tutoring programme rolls out, David Hatchett sets out the lessons AET have learned about effective implementation of one-to one tuition When I joined AET in December 2017 and took on responsibility for 28 secondary schools, it was immediately apparent that our results that summer were going to be a real issue. We […]

With course allocations on hold, Sam Sims looks at the value of subject knowledge enhacement courses and how they might be used to respond to a changing labour market Many countries require secondary school teachers to have a degree in the subject they teach. In England, government used to insist that secondary teachers had subject […]

As the Education (Guidance about Costs of School Uniforms) Bill makes its way through parliament, with its report stage scheduled for November, Andrew Lewer presents the case for sole-supplier arrangements There has been much debate of late over school uniforms, in the House of Commons, in the press and on social media. Themes within this […]