Opinion: Curriculum

What teachers want from a reformed English GCSE

The dialogue surrounding curriculum reform in England, particularly within GCSE English, remains as essential as ever.  Recent insights from…

JL Dutaut
Leandri Dannhauser
Opinion: Teaching Commission

Here’s how we can finally begin to fix the teacher supply crisis

If we’re going to hang on to more of them, then teachers need a better deal than summer respite…

JL Dutaut
Baroness Mary Bousted
Opinion: Workforce
Changes to early career frameworks are likely to be moderate, a DfE call for evidence response shows

Undervaluing Teach First will undermine Labour’s mission

Rebranding the teacher training route will diminish its impact and deny the sector a vital source of talent, potential…

JL Dutaut
Aidan Sadgrove
The Knowledge

How does it really feel to pay the parenthood penalty?

Women make up the majority of the secondary teaching workforce, yet hold just 41.5 per cent of headteacher posts….

JL Dutaut
Dr Sarah Mullin
Opinion: Politics

A lower voting age must mean more political education

Votes at 16 can be a positive widening of the franchise – but only if educators and ministers live…

JL Dutaut
Ryan Lockett
The Knowledge

The benefits and risks of streamlining governance for trusts

Innovating governance structures can ease challenges and deliver tangible benefits – but mind the gaps

JL Dutaut
Tanya Ovenden-Hope
Opinion: Legal

Unpacking Martyn’s Law: a roadmap to safety and security for schools

A new act of parliament places duties on schools to be prepared in case of acts of deliberate violence….

JL Dutaut
Melissa Haskell
The Review

10 holiday reads for the discerning educator

Whatever your role and interests, there’s bound to be a great summer read for you on our curated list…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Opinion: Policy

Our admissions policies are a key lever for social justice

We re-wrote ours to curtail the trend of poorer students being locked out of our success – and we…

JL Dutaut
Chris Fairbairn

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JL Dutaut
Leandri Dannhauser
Opinion: Teaching Commission

Here’s how we can finally begin to fix the teacher supply crisis

If we’re going to hang on to more of them, then teachers need a better deal than summer respite…

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Baroness Mary Bousted
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Changes to early career frameworks are likely to be moderate, a DfE call for evidence response shows

Undervaluing Teach First will undermine Labour’s mission

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Aidan Sadgrove

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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,…

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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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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,…

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James Handscombe
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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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