Maths

What will it take to make maths to 18 a reality?

Simon Coyle identifies six strands to deliver a new maths deal for young people, drawn from a new collection…

JL Dutaut
Simon Coyle
Policy

Four government priorities to support a sector-led system

Our fragile system only needs ministers to provide strategy and vision on four core missions to build its resilience,…

JL Dutaut
Leora Cruddas
Racism

Braverman’s dangerous rhetoric puts pupils at risk

Everyone in education has good cause to resist the home secretary’s dangerous words on immigration, says Daniel Kebede

JL Dutaut
Daniel Kebede
Conservatives Conference 2023

The mobile phone ban in schools is the solution to the wrong problem

The ubiquity of smartphone use raises problems that won’t be solved by a school ban alone, writes Michael Baxter

JL Dutaut
Mike Baxter
Opinion: Attendance

Lessons in attendance from special schools  

In the week that the education committee releases its report on persistent absence, Nicola Law shares insights from a…

JL Dutaut
Nicola Law
Politics

No smoke and mirrors can hide the parlous state of our schools

Try as they might, nothing can distract teachers from a government that’s run out of road, says Mary Bousted…

JL Dutaut
Mary Bousted
Opinion: Solutions

How to talk to young people about body image

Nic Ponsford provides some useful strategies to increase young people’s body confidence and empower them to be their authentic…

JL Dutaut
Nic Ponsford
Opinion: Academy trusts

Joining a MAT helped us rebuild trust and re-imagine success   

Being brokered to a MAT after a poor Ofsted showing was not the unpleasant experience some had feared, says…

JL Dutaut
Melanie Hall-Judd
The Knowledge

What the pandemic taught us about meeting additional needs

Many more children may benefit from EHCPs – and other findings from EPI’s latest analysis

JL Dutaut
Jo Hutchinson

Must Read

Opinion

Pupils told us how school feels. Now we must act on what they say

The Department for Education’s newly published pupil experience data should stop all of us in our tracks

Freddie Whittaker
Cara Cinnamon
Opinion

Children are struggling with reading. A different approach is needed

Rather than intensifying ‘rigorous and systematic’ phonics programmes, schools should be confident in finding new ways to address pupils’…

Freddie Whittaker
Dominic Wyse
Opinion

How we tackled misinformation in our primary curriculum 

Schools need to approach difficult topics in a sensitive, age-appropriate way, writes Sam French

Freddie Whittaker
Sam French

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

JL Dutaut
David Spendlove
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EXAMS

Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens
Sam Sykes
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
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