SEND

The SEND funding system is failing to keep up with pupil needs

The SEND funding system is failing to keep up with pupil needs: here’s what the government should do, says...

John Dickens
NATALIE PERERA
Opinion

Do academy trust CEOs really need a teaching background?

A successful head doesn’t always make the transition to a CEO role. We need to cast our net wider...

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MICHAEL PAIN
Opinion

What happened when teachers stopped marking?

As part of the Department for Education (DfE) Workload Challenge, I was commissioned by Tarporley High School and Sixth...

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STUART KIME
SEND

Professional development on SEND is bottom of the pile

Special educational need CPD must be prioritised, says Karen Wespieser. The OECD’s latest data on teacher working conditions and...

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KAREN WESPIESER
Opinion

New handbook promotes the art of good governance

More than ever, trusts need to ensure that their governance arrangements are as robust as possible, says Phil Reynolds,...

Phil Reynolds
PHIL REYNOLDS
Opinion

Cost-cutting visits for capital cash doesn’t undermine academy autonomy

It’s emerged that successful bids in the last round of Condition Improvement Fund applications have come with unexpected strings...

John Dickens
MARK LEHAIN
Opinion

7 ways to reinvigorate the free schools policy

Since 2010 free schools have helped to transform our education system, bringing high standards, new innovations from which other...

John Dickens
LUKE TRYL
Opinion

4 key questions to progress the MAT governance debate

The ongoing rhetoric of an emerging and evolving MAT system has been a popular one. In the National Governance...

John Dickens
SAM HENSON
Opinion

Knife crime: why a slogan on a T-shirt is not enough

When the student council of a north London secondary met to discuss knife crime, the discussion soon moved away...

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GERRY ROBINSON