Vulnerable pupils

Vulnerable adolescents deserve better than a maze of bureaucracy

A new public accounts committee report outlines a costly and decades-long failure to bring services together to support vulnerable...

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Dame Meg Hillier, MP
Opinion: SEND

Standardising SEND? Be careful what you wish for!

With the wrong incentives and support in place, national standards for SEND could become a disguise for ongoing failure,...

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Barney Angliss
Higher education access

Elite universities protect privilege – but schools can break the barriers

Schools can help under-represented students break into the top universities and overcome imposter syndrome when they get there, write...

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Professor Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers
Cyber security

How to respond to a cyber attack to minimise damage

Event the best-protected systems can be breached, says James Griffiths, so it’s important to plan for what to do...

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James Griffiths
Apprenticeships

How apprenticeships can improve school recruitment

From teaching assistants to school business managers, apprenticeships are excellent pathways to recruit, develop and retain staff, says Justine...

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Justine Kenny
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships: It’s time to cross the Baker Dearing line

Apprenticeships are accessed least by those who could benefit from them most and schools are part of the solution,...

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Jo Foster and Katherine Doherty
School budgets

Budgets: Continuing pressures mean careful forecasting is required

Pressures on budgets are unlikely to relent and school and trust leaders will need to keep their eyes on...

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Leyla Tovey
The Knowledge

What makes leaders most effective in improving student outcomes?

A new programme builds on evidence that deliberative leadership is more effective than intuition in boosting student outcomes, explains...

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Viviane Robinson
Women in the workplace

Education can’t tackle misogyny while it is complicit in it

We must confront the misogyny, sexism, harrassment and abuse that are still a normal part of women's experience of...

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Niamh Sweeney