Opinion

Awards will inspire schools to turn around children’s lives

The whole point of the awards is to highlight successful approaches we didn’t even know existed Scientific evidence shows...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The third member of a school’s holy trinity

School business managers are more than a finance manager or an admin officer. But exactly what their role is...

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Rewarding luck is not a formula to beat disadvantage

The Pupil Premium Awards benefit schools that had a little more talent and a lot of luck Nobel Prize winner...

Jack Marwood
Jack Marwood
Opinion

Should the civil service be costing the opposition’s education policies?

What does a Labour voter from Morecambe, a Lib Dem voter from Truro and a Green voter from Brighton...

Matt Hood
Matt Hood
Opinion

So many reforms but do they mean anything?

It’s the last week of term and all through the school everyone’s . . . absolutely exhausted. The year...

Liam Collins
Liam Collins
Opinion

What are the implications of Tristram Hunt’s private school plans?

Tristram Hunt’s recent speech turned the spotlight on the benefits independent schools receive as a result of their charitable...

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SBMs now have the chance to shape their professional development

I spent much of this year visiting school business management (SBM) professionals across the country; from rural locations in...

Stephen Morales
Stephen Morales
Opinion

The year the government remembered its duty of care

The end of Michael Gove’s reign as education secretary was the major educational event of the year. Most teachers...

Mary Bousted
Mary Bousted
Opinion

Are we really ready for the new, ‘more rigorous’ Maths GCSE?

The principles underlying the changes to GCSE maths are sound. But the practicalities are less so. For a start,...

Joanne Morgan
Joanne Morgan