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Character or attainment: which would you choose?

Parents and teachers value the character development of young people more than exam results, but may need support to...

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RACHAEL HUNTER
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Children shouldn’t be able to skip RE

High quality religious education should be a fundamental part of every school’s offer. It’s too important for young people...

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SARAH HANNAFIN
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What the new Ofsted framework says about the curriculum

Ofsted doesn’t need a new inspection framework, says Frank Norris. But as it’s here, he urges “all colleagues to...

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FRANK NORRIS
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The Early Career Framework will stop us throwing new teachers in at the deep end

Clare Sealy explains why the new early career framework is the best bit of edu-news she’s seen for some...

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CLARE SEALY
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Don’t underestimate the importance of school culture for retaining teachers!

Support for new teachers needs something more intangible than a framework; the right environment is vital too, says Cat...

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CAT SCUTT
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The Early Career Framework: disconnected, piecemeal and lacking ambition!

The government’s teacher recruitment and retention strategy has been warmly welcomed in most quarters, but David Spendlove finds it...

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DAVID SPENDLOVE
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Hinds is right to shift focus from recruitment to retention

The recruitment and retention strategy covers the right areas, but will need to develop effective policy detail quickly to...

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JACK WORTH
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The new Ofsted framework is great for AP

Debra Rutley rejoiced when she read the new Ofsted framework. “At last we in AP could tell our story”...

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DEBRA RUTLEY
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How research can help address students’ recurring mistakes

I can’t begin to estimate the number of times I have written the same feedback on a student’s work...

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CAROLINE CREABY