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Don’t abandon new mothers to maternity leave – let us keep working!

A family-friendly culture shift in schools would help to stem the teacher retention crisis and improve wellbeing for all...

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Nationality data, grammar schools – what’s the real story?

If you’re looking for good assembly material, it’s worth showing pupils the greatest music video of the Nineties: Oasis’s...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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The birth (and death) of the school health service

Everyone in England is familiar with the concept of the National Health Service. But have you heard of the...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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We’re launching a consultation on assessment in schools

Testing and assessment worry parents and teachers, although both are integral and critical to good teaching, says Rod Bristow....

Rod Bristow
Rod Bristow
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Special-school recruitment: the crisis no one is talking about

Recruitment for special schools is way tougher than in the mainstream, but there are steps that the government and...

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Should schools be doing PR and marketing?

Elin de Zoete gives basic steps in how to boost your school’s public image. It’s worth it, she says,...

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TIMSS Results? Well, at least the kids are all right. The rest of us however….

While the news headlines have been dominated by how clever (or not) England’s children were revealed to be in...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

More schooling won’t stop alt-right thinking

In light of Trump’s win and growing concerns about an “alt-right” agenda both in the States and here (for...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
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‘Let’s make grammar schools do outreach work – and that’s just a start…’

It’s a lottery as to which primary schools encourage their pupils to consider a grammar school. That needs to...

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