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

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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
Opinion: Edtech

How we’ve used AI to reduce teacher workloads

Rather than fear the potential impact of AI on students, we are embracing the technology to help them and...

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Charlotte Bleakley
Opinion: Policy

A middle tier is the glue our fractured system is missing

It’s no secret that Labour has inherited a school system in a mess. We’re stuck between a highly regulated,...

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Jonathan Crossley-Holland
Opinion: Workforce

Schools can now start to experience the joy of flex

Today’s report promises to finally get on top of a retention problem that has been dogging the profession for...

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Jonathan Simons
Opinion: Leadership

School leaders must do better than stoke division

One headteacher's social media response to this week's events is an irresponsible inflammation of community tensions

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Mike Ion
Opinion: Policy

The unintended consequences of VAT on private school fees

Labour's published plan to remove VAT exemption and charitable rates relief from private schools will cause inevitable disruption

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Andrea Squires