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How we’ve centralised curriculum design to improve teaching

Reducing workload and improving teaching are priorities for our trust – but we must achieve these in balance with...

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Tim Mills
Opinion

Let’s have a better debate on the role of private schools

Whether it’s genuine confusion or political point-scoring, misinformation around Labour’s private schools policy means we’re not properly valuing cross-sector...

Freddie Whittaker
John Smith
Election 2024

Election 2024: The rise of the comprehensive kids?

The educational background of a potential Labour administration would look very different to what we're used to, writes Ed...

Freddie Whittaker
Ed Dorrell
Opinion: Sustainability

Greener special schools are within reach – it’s just a matter of approach  

How can we combine efforts to ramp up special school capacity with our net zero ambiutions for the sector?

JL Dutaut
Dan Allison
Opinion: Academy trusts

Four barriers to scalable growth – and how to overcome them

Academy trust growth is back on the agenda, so here are some lessons from failures of the past as...

JL Dutaut
Michael Pain
Opinion: Solutions

How to lead through inflection moments

At times of big change and high pressure, effective leaders bring their teams back to their core values to...

JL Dutaut
Sharath Jeevan
The Knowledge

How are schools dealing with rising parental complaints?

As a new study shines a light on measures that could support schools to mitigate against rising parental complaints

JL Dutaut
Dai Durbridge
Opinion: Attendance

How we’ve come top of the table for our attendance success

Our schools’ competitive spirit is driving us to better and better attendance – but a league table like ours...

JL Dutaut
Joshua Coleman
Opinion: SEND

Safety valve agreements are making the SEND funding crisis worse

The pernicious effects of prioritising deficit reduction over investment in children’s needs are spreading across the whole system

JL Dutaut
Julia Harnden