The Curriculum Conversation

How to embed oracy as the national curriculum’s ‘fourth R’

Weaving oracy through all subjects can be focal point for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole….

JL Dutaut
Geoff Barton
Opinion: SEND

A golden opportunity to help fix our broken SEND system

A new consultation invites schools and trusts to lead the way in fixing our broken SEND system

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Andrew O’Neill
Opinion: Policy

We can’t advise our way to school improvement

Failing to deal with legal and regulatory divisions will hamper the government’s attempts to drive up standards – but…

JL Dutaut
Matt Hood
Opinion: Legal

What the supreme court’s ruling on ‘sex’ means for schools

It’s been represented as a consequential judgment, but the supreme court decision’s impact on schools will be limited –…

JL Dutaut
Graham Burns and Clare Wigzell
The Knowledge

Is young people’s mental health finally recovering after Covid?

Our new report reveals grounds for optimism that the post-Covid mental health crisis is ebbing – but no room…

JL Dutaut
Jane Lunnon and Jon Needham
Opinion: Academy trusts

Let’s put an end to the myth of academy ‘freedoms’

The “freedoms” that academies are making most use of are not the kind of freedoms we want them to…

JL Dutaut
Sir Alan Wood
Lockdown legacies

What we’ve learned from five years of mental health support

Nothing has reversed the post-Covid rise in mental health need nationally, but our work highlights some effective practices

JL Dutaut
Jaime Smith MBE
Opinion: Workforce
The Education Committee has heard from a panel of experts on how to solve specialist teacher shortages

Retention: What will it take to make more schools ‘sticky’?

The latest evidence to the Teaching Commission lays bare the effects of high-stakes accountability on teacher retention

JL Dutaut
Nansi Ellis
Opinion: Funding

The spending review must protect Labour’s CPD pledge

New analysis reveals the pledge to be a very generous one. It’s imperative for Labour’s opportunity mission that current…

JL Dutaut
Marie Hamer MBE

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The Curriculum Conversation

How to embed oracy as the national curriculum’s ‘fourth R’

Weaving oracy through all subjects can be focal point for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole….

JL Dutaut
Geoff Barton
Opinion: SEND

A golden opportunity to help fix our broken SEND system

A new consultation invites schools and trusts to lead the way in fixing our broken SEND system

JL Dutaut
Andrew O’Neill
Opinion: Policy

We can’t advise our way to school improvement

Failing to deal with legal and regulatory divisions will hamper the government’s attempts to drive up standards – but…

JL Dutaut
Matt Hood

ITT

ITT

Degree apprenticeships are key to increasing and diversifying recruitment

Work to deliver the new qualification should continue at pace to meet recruitment challenges by making teaching more accessible,…

JL Dutaut
Melanie Renowden
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

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David Spendlove
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Exams

How sitting an exam re-affirmed my respect for our students

I still believe exams to be the best way of testing academic knowledge and understanding but they’re no bagatelle,…

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
Exams
The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

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…

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Stephen Caldwell
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