Oak National Academy

We want to signpost the best curriculum models. But how?

Oak National Academy is gathering teachers’ views on how best to support them to navigate the busy marketplace of...

JL Dutaut
Matt Hood
Disadvantage gap

We need better measures of disadvantage to better target funding

New research reveals a bigger in-group attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils than exists between them and their peers

JL Dutaut
Crispin Chatterton and Jon Andrews
Solutions

Solutions: Recognising and mitigating early signs of mental health issues

Despite variations in how mental health issues manifest from child to child, the value of early discovery can't be...

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Kayleigh Frost
Governance

New governance guides are a welcome update – and nothing to worry about

The two new DfE guides better reflect the system we have and won't add to governors' workloads

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Emma Knights
The Knowledge

How can schools in poor areas attract more teachers?

New research by the National Institute of Teaching shows a mismatch between what schools offer candidates and what teachers...

JL Dutaut
Professor Sin Wang Chong
Disadvantage gap

Ofsted and DfE must open their eyes to the realities of ‘disadvantage’

The inspectorate’s data-blind approach treats disadvantage as a homogenous category and hampers efforts to close attainment gaps

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Meena Kumari Wood and Julie Price-Grimshaw
Teacher pay

History’s repetitions offer hope over pay and conditions

As the acrimonious cycle of pay dispute restarts, teachers should draw inspiration from the events of 50 years ago

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David Scott
Attendance

Home visits are part of a strong attendance policy

We must have the difficult conversation about parents who don’t play by the rules if we’re going to change...

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David Scales
Manifesto 2024

Five policy priorities for closing disadvantage gaps

Five policies to restart the virtuous cycle between educational outcomes and economic prosperity

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Sir Dan Moynihan