Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s top priority must be to get its own house in order

Under a new boss, the inspectorate must find a way to celebrate all hard-working schools and speak truth to...

JL Dutaut
Nick Brook
Local authorities

How Suffolk’s schools are putting collaboration over competition

The Suffolk Education Partnership shows there is no rift that can't be bridged for the benefit of learners, says...

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Andrew Berry
Opinion: Accountability

DfE should act to prevent Covid impact on GCSE performance

Early data suggests this year's performance data risks being unfairly skewed without changes to account for the ongoing legacy...

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Duncan Baldwin
Opinion: Mental health

The ‘Muslim problem’ is actually an opportunity for schools

Understanding how faith acts as a motivator for Muslim children and young people can only positively contribute to schools’...

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Sabah Gilani
Opinion: Workforce

How our trust is beating the recruitment and retention blues

Investing in an internal recruitment business has been transformative for the trust, its schools and its pupils, explains Lee...

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Lee Mason-Ellis
Opinion

Fix children’s social care to improve their GCSE grades

Policymakers must not ignore what happens outside the school gate, writes Joe Lane

Freddie Whittaker
Joe Lane
SEND review

Families face a postcode lottery for SEND support. That needs to change

Schools work tirelessly to meet pupils' needs, but often this job has been too hard, writes children's minister Claire...

Freddie Whittaker
Claire Coutinho MP
A-level results 2023

We need a funded plan to close the regional attainment gap

We know why regional gaps are growing, says Nick Harrison, so it's time for government to start making changes

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Nick Harrison
A-level results 2023

Our broken regulatory system disadvantages English pupils

The discrepancies between grades for English pupils and their Welsh and Northern Irish couterparts are indefensible, says Jon Coles

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Sir Jon Coles