ITT

ITT: Which is the odd one out?

The deeply flawed ITT reforms are a threat to sustainable teacher supply for purely ideological purposes, writes David Spendlove

JL Dutaut
David Spendlove
Exams

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The 'snowflake' stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen...

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
The Knowledge

Five research findings that improved our knowledge this year

JL Dutaut picks out key insights from this year's Schools Week research column, The Knowledge

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Exams 2023

Saved by the bell – but exam reliability questions won’t go away

Ministers and regulators will eventually have to answer to the pressing issue of exam grade reliability, writes Dennis Sherwood

JL Dutaut
Dennis Sherwood
Exams 2023

The long shadow of Covid still hangs over exams

Examiners, admissions officers and commentators would do well to remember the disruption of the past few years when 2023...

JL Dutaut
Neil Renton
Tutoring

Tutoring take-up should ring alarm bells for long-term sustainability

We are a long way from the tipping point where tutoring becomes business as usual, everywhere, writes Nick Brook

Freddie Whittaker
Nick Brook
Opinion: Accountability

More parental complaints don’t mean more inspections

Chris Russell sets the record straight on how Ofsted respond to parental complaints and what a rise in such...

JL Dutaut
Chris Russell
Pedagogy

Why teachers should reclaim the power of touch

Safeguarding concerns have rightly made us more conscious of touch but there are many reasons teachers should use it...

JL Dutaut
Gavin Simpson
Opinion: Solutions

Four ways to improve teacher CPD and make it impactful

Emma Wilks offers simple strategies to design CPD that reflects what’s happening in the classroom and avoids information overload...

JL Dutaut
Emma Wilks