This week’s best responses from our readers Missing! A piece of the admissions puzzle. A ministerial responsibility. Support for familes. And clarity from Ofsted.
It’s time to champion school support staff and boost their rights Their pay and conditions are a priority for me as education secretary and will remain so if I become deputy leader
Here’s what every ‘phonics for maths’ programme should deliver Our new benchmarks aim to take the debate out of what the phrase means and set us on the path to consistent implementation
Didagogy: Teacher training’s missing component Despite recent progress, we’re still getting teacher and leader development wrong too often. This new concept hopes to put that right
Ofsted’s ill-considered inclusion judgment is a poisoned chalice As well intentioned and ambitious the key judgement is, the absence of detail will result in inconsistency across the sector. Here’s why
Six changes Labour must make to the SEND code of practice With a SEND white paper due this autumn, six professionals offer simple legislative changes they say would revolutionise inclusion in practice
Class politics: How old school voting habits are unravelling A new poll showing private school alumni are most likely to vote for Labour reveals just how dramatically politics is changing, says Louis O’Geran
SEND funding must align with the government’s inclusive vision Our reactive, deficit model of need is matched by our reactive funding model and budget deficits. Both need to change
We have to define ‘high stakes’ if we hope to lower them If we want to dismantle the causes of school leaders’ wellbeing and mental health issues, we must start by naming them clearly