Inclusion

Promoting inclusion won’t mean banning exclusions in London

No, we don’t endorse ‘zero exclusions’ – but we must work together to include more of London’s children, say…

JL Dutaut
Lib Peck and Maureen McKenna
Opinion: Mental health

How we’re helping schools deliver first aid for all

A free new programme aims to help young people to help themselves in increasingly common dangerous situations, explains Paul…

JL Dutaut
Paul Evans
Opinion: Solutions

Three ways to set boundaries early in your new middle leadership role

Middle leadership can be uniquely challenging but some simple steps can ensure your enthusiasm for it is sustained, explains Gemma Drinkall

JL Dutaut
Gemma Drinkall
Physical education

Is the Lionesses’ legacy changing the face of school football?

Our data shows change is happening unevenly across the education sector, explains Iain Ford, but it is happening

JL Dutaut
Iain Ford
Opinion: Academy trusts

Harlow Academy now thrives – but schools need more safeguards

Not enough has been done to ensure the harm caused at Harlow Academy never happens elsewhere, write Warren Carratt…

JL Dutaut
Wayne Norrie and Warren Carratt
Opinion: Attendance

We can’t tackle attendance if we don’t tackle poverty

A 100 per cent attendance target is a blunt tool for fixing systemic problems and will only make matters…

JL Dutaut
Nadeine Asbali
Opinion: Attendance

Everyone must obsess over full attendance from day one

Ministers must ensure all agencies are held responsible for helping schools to solve the attendance crisis, writes Dame Rachel…

JL Dutaut
Dame Rachel De Souza
RAAC

Lack of funding – not lack of action – has put schools on the RAAC

We’ve followed guidance to the letter but we can’t repair or rebuild our school without funding, say Caroline Derbyshire…

JL Dutaut
Caroline Derbyshire and James Saunders
Opinion: Curriculum

The climate crisis requires a thoughtful curriculum response

We need to look beyond quick fixes to sustained and sustainable approach, write Mary Myatt and Heena Dave

JL Dutaut
Mary Myatt and Heena Dave

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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