Opinion: Leadership

Identities can bring us together instead of stoking culture wars

Andy Hargreaves explores how the politics if identity can be a force for good if we can escape the…

JL Dutaut
Andy Hargreaves
Opinion

Thirteen years of free schools: Five lessons for policymakers

Policymakers on all sides must learn the lessons of the free schools programme and commit to its innovative approach…

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David Ross
Opinion
The Education Committee has heard from a panel of experts on how to solve specialist teacher shortages

We can and must make working in schools less toxic

Innovative solutions to the recruitment and retention crisis are emerging but the sector is not keeping pace

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Penny Swain
The Knowledge

What makes for great primary science teaching?

A new EEF review signposts key considerations for teachers and school leaders

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Michael J. Reiss
Opinion: Sustainability

A little-known opportunity for more sustainable schools

Working with housing developers could unlock ways to make school sustainability a local priority (and some funding too)

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Tim Culpin
Opinion: Solutions

Six practices to retain disabled and neurodivergent staff

There is nothing inevitable about staff with needs and disabilities leaving the profession or choosing not to enter it

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Jane Green
Opinion: Edtech

Why we’re thoughtfully optimistic about the place of GenAI in education

A year since ChatGPT, there are reasons to be optimistic about its careful implementation in education

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Sharon Hague
Opinion

Funding teacher development must continue – whoever is in charge

A broad consensus among the profession for continued investment in the ‘golden thread’ must be reflected among political decision-makers

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David Weston and Gareth Conyard
Opinion

We must end the 30-year silence about boys’ underperformance

Boys have been at the wrong end of a gender attainment gap for three decades and it is time…

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Nick Fletcher MP

Must Read

Opinion

How we help SEND students gain qualifications and independence

Close communication, working on life skills and connecting with the wider community are among the ways Launceston’s alternative resource…

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Matthew Thompson
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When everyone is SEND trained inclusion is part of your culture

Julie Prentice shares five things she and trust colleagues learned from developing a SEND training model over the past…

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Julie Prentice
Opinion

More work is need to tackle fragmentation in teacher development

The decision of the Teacher Development Trust to become part of the Chartered College is exciting, but it shows…

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Sam Twiselton

EXAMS

Assessment

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

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

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Sam Sykes
Assessment

Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

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Reza Schwitzer
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