Opinion: Accountability

How to make accountability fit for purpose in a changing world

A new Forum Strategy report reveals the consensus views of trust leaders on the future of school and trust...

JL Dutaut
Nick Blackburn MBE and Sian Hampton
Opinion: Workforce

Parental leave must be about more than just maternity

Leaving fathers out from improved policies may serve short-term retention needs but doesnt' go far enough in supporting women's...

JL Dutaut
Emma Sheppard
Opinion

We’re putting trust leaders at the heart of policy development

CST's new policy advisory group will provide 'critical, front-line perspectives that will help to shape the policy landscape for...

Freddie Whittaker
Steve Rollett
Opinion

Budget 2024: Back to the future on school spending

Per-pupil funding will return to 2010 levels, but pressures on schools mean the future won't look that different from...

Freddie Whittaker
Luke Sibieta
Opinion

Budget 2024: Schools must be front of the funding queue

£1.4bn pledged by the chancellor relates to the existing rebuilding programme, which will only reach around 500 schools, warns...

Freddie Whittaker
Paul Whiteman
Opinion: Workforce

Retiring makes me a rarity – and that shouldn’t be the case

Sarah Ledger reflects on how the job has changed over her long career, and why those following her out...

JL Dutaut
Sarah Ledger
Opinion: Curriculum review

Labour needs to look no further in its curriculum review – a solution already exists

Everything the government wants to achieve through the Francis review is already being delivered in many of our schools

JL Dutaut
Mark Wilson
Opinion: Policy

Labour can’t be all talk and no action on oracy

Given that children in the lowest income group start school with language skills 19 months behind their wealthier peers...

JL Dutaut
Ayesha Baloch
Opinion: Policy

How Labour can deliver a truly inclusive education system

The new government has a golden opportunity to end the box-ticking approach to inclusion and bring about a system...

JL Dutaut
Amanda Wright and Matthew Shanks