Opinion

A-level results 2017: How Schools Week will report the day and what to look out for

Editor Laura McInerney explains how we are going to report Thursday’s A-level results For the past two A-level results...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Ignore the rise in school-led teacher training routes – universities are here to stay

The Department for Education’s recent Teacher Training Performance Profiles for 2015/16 prompted inevitable cries in the media of “the...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Can a school decide to leave an academy trust?

As one regional schools commissioner ponders whether a school can voluntarily quit its multi-academy trust, education consultant Simon Foulkes...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

Amanda Spielman is right: our schools are too risk averse

Risk-aversion in schools has gone too far, argues Andy Phippen. We need to empower our pupils to manage and...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

We know how to close the attainment gap – but government and schools must commit to it

The answer to closing the attainment gap begins at home, and in helping poverty-stricken parents as much as their...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

50 years before we have an equitable school system

We’re making slow progress in closing the attainment gap, claims the Education Policy Institute’s Jo Hutchinson, because the picture...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

Is extending school hours a good idea? Here’s what the new government research says…

New government research reveals pupil and teacher attitudes towards a longer school day. Did they say what you expected?...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Tougher words on academy pay are welcome, but we need action

The Department for Education’s move to toughen up rules over academy trust executive pay and good governance is welcome,...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Opinion

We need a Bacc for the future, not a curriculum from 1904

The English Baccalaueate is driving pupils – especially those from poorer backgrounds – away from creative subjects. This cannot...

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn