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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
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

JL Dutaut
Reza Schwitzer
Opinion: Academy trusts

When it’s done right, centralisation is collaboration

Steve Brownlow explores one of the key tensions at the heart of school trusts and how to balance agency…

JL Dutaut
Steve Brownlow
Opinion: Academy trusts

The RAAC crisis proves the power of being in a MAT

It hasn’t been a cake-walk, but the strength in depth our MAT provides has allowed us to weather the…

JL Dutaut
James Browning

Must Read

Opinion

Winter of discontent is a real danger for pupils’ confidence

Data revealed pupils’ sense of agency takes a knock from January, and we’re taking steps to address this, says…

Freddie Whittaker
Lee Wilson
Opinion

Gove’s traditionalists won, but now they see what was lost

Militant discipline and explicit instruction delivered higher exam grades, but the debate has moved on as pupils disengage from…

Freddie Whittaker
Jon Hutchinson
The Research Leader

Pupil premium paperwork reveals schools snub effective strategies

Our review of 550 pupil premium strategies found many schools aren’t strategic at all – which suggests leaders need…

Freddie Whittaker
Emma Dobson

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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