Opinion: Policy

Labour must rethink schools’ whole relationship with data

The new government’s proposed school scorecard is an opportunity to model a more human approach to data and accountability

JL Dutaut
Nic Ponsford
Opinion: Curriculum

After the riots: The role of schools in healing our communities

Let's focus ours and our pupils' attention on the good of the past few days and resist fatalism

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Sir (Mufti) Hamid Patel
Opinion: Estates

PFI: The options now and in a post-contract future

With most PFI contracts due to end within a decade, here's what schools can do to prepare now for...

JL Dutaut
Craig Elder
Opinion: Curriculum

How to turn interest in languages into a lifelong passion

Here's how we're bucking the national trend with an increase in the uptake of language GCSEs

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A. Blanvillain
Opinion: Curriculum

How prioritising sustainability has improved behaviour and wellbeing at our school

A focus on the outdoors and the natural world has reduced anxiety and exclusions at our school

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Becki Huth
Opinion: Legal

How schools should protect pupils’ privacy around CCTV use

Surveillance cameras can serve various positive purposes and be welcome by parents and pupils provided their use is safe...

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Gemma Duxbury
Opinion: Legal

Facial recognition technology: What schools need to know before implementation

One school's ICO reprimand for use of facial recognistion is every school's warning to heed regulations before implementing biometrics

JL Dutaut
Dai Dubridge
Oracy Commission

Should we insist on ‘Standard English’ in schools?

A recent panel discussion demonstrated a range of views on this issue - and an all-important willingness to listen...

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Arlene Holmes-Henderson
Opinion: Policy

Labour’s opportunity mission hinges on partnership with the youth sector

The government should leverage expertise and capacity in the youth sector to complement what schools offer

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Harris Bokhari and Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE