Opinion

A solid primary curriculum is essential for GCSE success – but what does that look like?

The expanded GCSEs may seem tough, but once pupils have been through the new primary curriculum, they will be...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Government needs to rethink the alternative provision census expansion

The government needs to stop and think before rushing into an expansion of the alternative provision census, argues Jen...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Why we should stop ability setting in schools

Classrooms will inevitably feature children of very different ability levels, but keeping them apart helps none of them, argues...

Mary Myatt
Mary Myatt
Opinion

Nick Gibb is wrong: PIRLS data does not support synthetic phonics

The schools minister is looking at the results of a major international reading test wrong, and his dogmatic insistence...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

How to avoid school shaming incidents: build good parent relationships!

In this internet age, former headteacher Mark Lehain shares his advice on how to maintain good communication with parents...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

How schools can support young people with a disfigurement

Schools have trained teachers to combat bullying based on race, gender and creed. We must do the same with...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Speed-read: Nick Gibb’s ‘Grammar School’ response to MPs

The government response to the education committee’s grammar schools report is out – editor Laura McInerney gives it the...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Hijabs are none of Ofsted’s business

Schools should be safe spaces – allowing outside authority figures to probe young girls’ choice of religious expression is...

Zubeda Limbada
Zubeda Limbada
Opinion

Schools need to wake up to relational bullying

Relational bullying can be difficult to spot but it’s actually the most pernicious kind, explains Kayleigh Chester When we...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor