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Why a sense of belonging may not matter much for GCSE outcomes

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I would be cautious about promising higher grades from an initiative to improve school belonging

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AI is normalising the theft of school photos

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Parents are using the technology to remove watermarks, infringing photographers' copyright

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There are many ways to shift the dial on school competition

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Each choice about publishing school data embodies a set of trade-offs

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Milburn must champion small actions with large impact

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His review should promote more time for career exploration and work placements for young people

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With Ofsted reforms in the spotlight, it’s important we honour Ruth Perry’s legacy

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Inspection concerns are rightly in the spotlight, but we should remember the head whose death prompted reform

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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 can access training, argues Lucy Emmerson Parents should have high expectations for the quality of education their children receive at school in all areas of the curriculum. The new government guidance makes clear that relationships education, […]

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 and sex education for 19 years. From 2020, relationships, sex and health education will be compulsory subjects in all secondary schools, while all primaries will have to teach relationships and health education. It’s a real watershed […]

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 how could this work? James Browning takes a look At the end of last month the government published its long-awaited teacher recruitment and retention strategy, with Damian Hinds pledging that teacher workloads would be cut. This […]

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 are we doing about that? In the 1980s, Stevan Hobfoll, a hospital doctor and Kent State University academic, worked up an idea called “conservation of resource” (COR) theory (Hobfoll, 1989). Dissatisfied with how stress was conceptualised […]

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 Newell Earlier this month the Department for Education published some long-awaited new model articles for multi-academy trusts that include Church of England schools. These will significantly improve governance and clarify the responsibilities of the bodies involved […]

Why reinvent the education wheel, when a solution already exists?

It’s great that we’re talking about alternatives to GCSEs and A-Levels, but we don’t need to start from scratch – there’s already a qualification out there, says Ryan Kelsall Robert Halfon this week advocated the scrapping of GCSEs and A-Levels in favour of a broader baccalaureate-style education, with a mix of academic and vocational subjects, and […]

Should headteachers let children miss school to take part in social action?

Should school leaders let children miss school to take part in social action? Sarah Hannafin shares her advice… There has been some press coverage this week regarding UK Youth Strike 4 Climate and young people across the country taking a coordinated day of action. NAHT is clear that a school leader’s job is to ensure children […]

How can we build a rich music curriculum?

The school minister’s plans for music will not come close to resolving the real issues surrounding the subject, says Emily Crowhurst Last week I asked a year 11 music student what he thought our school’s music curriculum was about. He wrote… “School21’s music curriculum is about everyone having the opportunity to create music no matter […]

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