Maths

Maths to 18: Why it’s right to end the cliff edge at 16

The argument that maths for all after age 16 is too little too late neglects the evidence and perpetuates…

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Sarah Waite
EAL

Helping children with EAL to hit the ground running

Maria Sadler sets out the initiatives that have helped her school welcome Ukrainian children and others with EAL and…

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Maria Sadler
The Knowledge

How can we improve access to quality work experience?

New research reveals stark inequalities in access to work experience and success factors for closing the gap, explain Elnaz…

JL Dutaut
Elnaz Kashef and Will Millard
STEM

Four ways to tackle inequalities in science

Monique Darrell sets out her top tips for overcoming persistent barriers that hold certain groups back from success in…

JL Dutaut
Monique Darrell
Opinion: Sustainability

Sustainability: Cutting red meat will make schools greener

Saving the planet may feel like one job too many but cutting red meat from meals could have a…

JL Dutaut
Thomas Martell
ChatGPT

ChatGPT: How to guard against AI-generated essays

We should worry less about students using AI to cheat the system and more about a system that can…

JL Dutaut
Yvonne Williams
Social mobility

Why I’m leaving the social mobility commission

It’s been a successful year and I leave the team in great shape – but my presence is only…

JL Dutaut
Katharine Birbalsingh
Numeracy

Maths to 18 for all means rethinking maths altogether

The PM’s maths proposal has rightly been met with cynicism but it does present an opportunity to rethink our…

JL Dutaut
Mark Boylan
Community

School networks are vital to community safety

Schools can’t provide everything children and families need to meet this crisis – but they can act as vital…

JL Dutaut
Christine Stansfield

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…

JL Dutaut
Meg Powell-Chandler
Opinion: Solutions
mental health

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…

JL Dutaut
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,…

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

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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