Opinion

How we’re redesigning our MAT curriculum

How do you turn commitment to the curriculum into systems, process, policy and culture? The Ormiston trust’s five-year strategy...

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AMELIA WALKER
Opinion

Mixed prior attainment teaching: why it worked for us

In 2011 Rosendale primary was looking for ways not only to close the attainment gap between pupil premium and...

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KATE ATKINS
Opinion

How well do you know your school’s curriculum?

Too many schools (and their leaders) know more about pupils’ scores than what they’ve actually learned about, says Tom...

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TOM SHERRINGTON
Opinion

The new baseline assessment is fairer than what we have

The new reception baseline is a fairer way of assessing primary schools because it means we’ll get credit for...

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CASSIE YOUNG
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There’s no shortcut to quality relationships and sex education

Effective relationships and sex education is a partnership, and it needs an appropriate investment from government so that schools...

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LUCY EMMERSON
Opinion

Relationships, sex and health education: What do schools need to know?

In what’s been hailed as a “historic” moment, the government has finally published the first new guidance on relationships...

Freddie Whittaker
FREDDIE WHITTAKER
Opinion

How edtech could help schools with flexible working

The Department for Education has promised a competition for innovative edtech solutions to promote part-time and flexible working. But...

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JAMES BROWNING
Opinion

We need to talk about teacher wellbeing

Developing students’ self-regulatory abilities in school is under scrutiny. But what about occupational self-regulation for those working there? What...

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STUART KIME
Opinion

New Church of England model articles – what’s changed?

New model articles should simplify and clarify the operation of multi-academy trusts with Church of England schools, says Susan...

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SUSAN NEWELL