Policy

Can we ever have an educational ten-year plan?

There’s a real appetite for a clearer educational vision and long-term planning in education, writes David Jaffa, but is…

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David Jaffa
Research

How can you build an evidence-informed school culture?

Some simple (and evidence-informed) policies and actions can prevent ‘evidence-informed’ becoming just another educational buzzword, writes Cat Scutt

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Cat Scutt
Mental health

How to create a positive whole-school mental health culture

It’ll take longer more than a mental health awareness week to combat childhood loneliness, writes Rachel Bostick, but the…

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Rachel Bostwick
Schools white paper

Have ministers done their due diligence on the MAT-led system?

A rush to fulfil the promise of a MAT-led system carries financial risks for trusts that could undermine their…

JL Dutaut
Tim Warneford
STEM

Widening STEM access is necessary and far from impossible

Controversial comments from the social mobility tsar aside, STEM has a diversity problem and there’s plenty we can do…

JL Dutaut
Jo Foster
Cost of living

Cost of living: Supporting families to access help pays off

Accessing the financial support they are entitled to is a struggle for many families, writes Davinder Jandu, and helping…

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Davinder Jandu
Research

The Great Resignation is here – but is it here to stay?

Teacher Tapp research shows concerns about headteacher resignations are well-founded but that the impacts may be mitigated in the…

JL Dutaut
Iain Ford
Alternative provision

If we’re all together, why is AP excluded again?

Another report denigrates and fails to include the voices of AP, writes Sarah Johnson, and until that ends it’s…

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JL Dutaut
Recruitment and retention

The Great Resignation: now is not the time to over-react

It’s been a tough few years for everyone in education, writes Dan Cowling, but let’s not jump to reforms…

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Dan Cowling

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Policy

Can we ever have an educational ten-year plan?

There’s a real appetite for a clearer educational vision and long-term planning in education, writes David Jaffa, but is…

JL Dutaut
David Jaffa
Research

How can you build an evidence-informed school culture?

Some simple (and evidence-informed) policies and actions can prevent ‘evidence-informed’ becoming just another educational buzzword, writes Cat Scutt

JL Dutaut
Cat Scutt
Mental health

How to create a positive whole-school mental health culture

It’ll take longer more than a mental health awareness week to combat childhood loneliness, writes Rachel Bostick, but the…

JL Dutaut
Rachel Bostwick

ITT

ITT

What next for an ECF that is already failing new teachers and mentors?

Halfway through its first year, the ECF has already become a straitjacket, writes Sam Strickland, but its promise can…

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SAM STRICKLAND
ITT

Weaving a ‘golden thread’ through professional development

Teacher training reforms impact everyone from trainee to leader. The key to retention and progress is to offer consistency…

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KATIE WARING
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Exams

Exams: is there an alternative to ‘back to normal’?

Schools may be relieved to recover a sense of normality, write Mick Waters and Tim Brighouse, but there are…

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Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters
Exams

Exams head us back to normality. Now for league tables

Ofqual is ensuring students get the exams they want in the fairest way possible, writes Gareth Stevens, but schools…

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GARETH STEVENS
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