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…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
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,…

JL Dutaut
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”….

JL Dutaut
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
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…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
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

Must Read

Opinion: Curriculum review

Four steps to improve curriculum and assessment in science

The need and appetite for reform of the science curriculum are clear. Here’s how we can deliver for students,…

JL Dutaut
Les Hopper
Recruitment and retention

An impoverished work-life drives too many teachers out

The default position that teaching should be professionally (and sometimes personally) all-encompassing is a retention own-goal

John Dickens
Nansi Ellis and Haili Hughes
SEND solutions

We must reclaim our role as SEND and AP’s fixers. ASAP

New project aims to gather and broadcast the solutions to the SEND funding crisis that are lighting the way…

John Dickens
Emma Bradshaw and Tom Legge

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

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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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