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AI, subject access requests and metadata: What schools need to know

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7d | The Legal Leader

When a complex or metadata-heavy SAR arrives, take a breath before you act

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7d | The Legal Leader
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School admissions are a moral choice

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If we’re serious about equity, admissions can’t be the blind spot

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Social media time limits won’t protect children

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7d | Opinion: Safeguarding

If we are serious about keeping children safe, we must stop wasting time with ineffectual experiments

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7d | Opinion: Safeguarding
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Young people don’t need a voice, they need a role

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7d | Opinion: Leadership

Schools can make five easy changes now to create the conditions for children to lead

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7d | Opinion: Leadership
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Democracy starts in the classroom

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7d | Opinion: Curriculum

Extending the franchise must be paired with support for schools to facilitate democratic education

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7d | Opinion: Curriculum

Top 5 research mistakes

Beware: most people make five common mistakes when they’re talking about research, writes Laura McInerney, deputy editor of Schools Week The problem with being the sort of person who spends their Saturday in an education conference is that you eventually want to communicate what you learned with someone who doesn’t spend their weekends at education […]

Settle down — it’s a non-announcement from Nicky Morgan

Last week, as many teachers sweated through their first day back in the classroom, education secretary Nicky Morgan dropped a bombshell. Or did she? The furore kicked off when the Guardian’s Patrick Wintour released an article beginning with the phrase:“Compulsory setting according to ability in England’s secondary schools is to be proposed by the education secretary, Nick Morgan, in […]

No kittens will be harmed in the taking of this role

Our very own Deputy Editor Laura McInerney kicks-off the opinion piece section with what led her into journalism and the role at Schools Week Growing up my mum only ever said I couldn’t do one job, and journalism was it. The fateful blow was dealt when I was seven, and had just shelled out £3.99 on a […]

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