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,…

JL Dutaut
Priya Lakhani
ChatGPT

ChatGPT: Why AI should be banned from assessment and regulated

Integrating AI into education is inevitable but exams should be preserved and the technology tightly regulated, writes Daisy Christodoulou

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Daisy Christodoulou


English

We must rethink English for our times to prevent its decline

Too many pupils see English simply as a gateway to further education. So the subject must adapt to reflect…

JL Dutaut
Rachael Green
Strikes

Why strike? Because teachers are desperate and so are their pupils

Teachers have voted to walk out of their classrooms in a desperate attempt to stop so many from walking…

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Niamh Sweeney
The Knowledge

NTP: What impact has online tuition had?

A new report shows online tuition leads to progress on multiple fronts with particular benefits for disadvantaged pupils, say…

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Kristina Altoft and Will Chambers
Curriculum

Our challenging times demand more than academic attainment

Schools must be more than exam factories and that requires an holistic approach to students and staff development alike,…

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Nitesh Gor and Mike Ion
Governance

Governance professionals need a clear career pathway

The people who keep the governance show on the road are too often “out of sight, out of mind”….

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Steve Edmonds
ChatGPT

ChatGPT: How the new tech can drastically cut your workload

Nevermind the dystopian fears. The future is now, this machine kills workload and I for one welcome it to…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Lockyer

Must Read

Opinion: Policy

The House of Lords must protect academy freedoms

Hopes lie with peers that they can prevent the worst of this bill’s foreseeable consequences – and its…

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Meg Powell-Chandler
Opinion: Solutions

How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

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Finola Wilson
Opinion: Workforce

The sector has taken another big step in parent-teacher support

Developments at the National Education Union’s conference give hope that we may soon stem the flow of parents out…

JL Dutaut
Emma Sheppard

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,…

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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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David Spendlove

EXAMS

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,…

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James Handscombe
Exams

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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