Opinion: Solutions

Maximising your teaching assistants team

To mark National Teaching Assistants' Day, Angus Weir explains how his Birmingham academy has embraced their talents - with...

JL Dutaut
Angus Weir
Opinion: Solutions

Five ways for leaders to fly the flag for maths

A ‘phonics for maths’ is the right aspiration for government, but why wait to start priming teachers for a...

JL Dutaut
Susan Okereke
The Knowledge

Home truths (and myths) about life skills in our curriculum

New international evidence shows England is an outlier in its approach to skills to the detriment of equity and...

JL Dutaut
Mark Boylan
Opinion: Academy trusts

The benefits of a ‘try before you buy’ approach to joining a trust

Joining a trust can feel like finding a port in a storm, but rushed decisions are risky. Our new...

JL Dutaut
Mark Bryant and Neil Miller
Opinion: Curriculum

Some commemorations demand more than the usual assembly

The anniversary is a good time to rethink how we mark events and teach young people about the complex...

JL Dutaut
Sharon Booth
Opinion: SEND

This parliament is our best hope of SEND reform in a generation

The government is determined to fix our ‘lose, lose, lose’ SEND system – and this parliament has the knowledge...

JL Dutaut
David Baines
Opinion: Politics

The conference mood was wintry – but brighter days are ahead

Gloomy delegates had hoped for gifts under the money tree, but enough rabbits came out of the hat to...

JL Dutaut
Ed Dorrell
Opinion: Curriculum

Engineering solutions to the careers education gap

A new report reveals a worrying lack of capacity to connect young people with the careers that could be...

JL Dutaut
Eleanor Eyre
Opinion: Workforce

Labour will need to tackle education’s shameful secret

A teacher training entitlement will achieve nothing unless ministers address the elephant in the teacher training room

JL Dutaut
Josh Goodrich