Disadvantage gap

How to ensure cross-sector work doesn’t feed inequality

Many well-meaning initiatives to support ‘disadvantaged’ schools and pupils actually perpetuate the divides they purport to challenge, writes Heidi...

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Heidi Heinemann
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: Keegan is right but she should go further

Gillian Keegan's proposal to vary teacher pay by subject is right and the same logic could make it easier...

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Michael Gosling
School places

School places: London’s challenge could soon be everyone’s

A new report reveals that a surplus of school places could cause massive disruption to London's schools, says Ian...

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Ian Edwards
Strikes

Strikes: Legal changes make preparation challenging

New regulations and a bill wending its way through parliament at speed are making preparing for strikes more challenging,...

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Andrea Squires
Teacher pay

How much can pay improve recruitment and retention?

Pay is an important lever to attract and hang onto teachers, says the NFER's workforce lead, but it's not...

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Jack Worth
History

How to mark Holocaust Memorial Day justly and sensitively

Our work to teach the Holocaust shows we can do justice to this dark chapter of history while being...

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Ranvir Lally
Localism

How the north east will seize devolution to tackle child poverty

Our combined authority is leading the way in bringing a fragmented system back together to support schools in mitigating...

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Adrian Dougherty
Localism

MATs are local and need to be part of local strategic partnerships 

New research shows the important role MATs can play for their localities, writes Jonathan Crossley-Holland, but obsctacles remain on...

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Jonathan Crossley-Holland
ChatGPT

AI allows us to assess differently – and we should

Recent developments in AI technology show that we need to rethink what we assess and how we assess it,...

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Priya Lakhani