School places
More than half of schools did not complete a government catch-up programme for reception children

School places: London’s challenge could soon be everyone’s

A new report reveals that a surplus of school places could cause massive disruption to London’s schools, says Ian…

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Ian Edwards
Strikes

Strikes: Legal changes make preparation challenging

New regulations and a bill wending its way through parliament at speed are making preparing for strikes more challenging,…

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Andrea Squires
SEND review

No, Mr McArdle. The SEND system is not a game we play

A recent Schools Week interview with DfE SEND expert, Tony McArdle gives a rare insight into the minds of…

JL Dutaut
Tania Tirraoro and Matt Keer
History

How to mark Holocaust Memorial Day justly and sensitively

Our work to teach the Holocaust shows we can do justice to this dark chapter of history while being…

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Ranvir Lally
The Knowledge

Could Tik Tok connect young people to nature?

Mobile technologies and social media aren’t necessarily the barrier to young people’s access to the outside world we perceive…

JL Dutaut
Jack Reed
Localism

How the north east will seize devolution to tackle child poverty

Our combined authority is leading the way in bringing a fragmented system back together to support schools in mitigating…

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Adrian Dougherty
Localism

MATs are local and need to be part of local strategic partnerships 

New research shows the important role MATs can play for their localities, writes Jonathan Crossley-Holland, but obsctacles remain on…

JL Dutaut
Jonathan Crossley-Holland
ChatGPT

AI allows us to assess differently – and we should

Recent developments in AI technology show that we need to rethink what we assess and how we assess it,…

JL Dutaut
Priya Lakhani
ChatGPT

ChatGPT: Why AI should be banned from assessment and regulated

Integrating AI into education is inevitable but exams should be preserved and the technology tightly regulated, writes Daisy Christodoulou

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Daisy Christodoulou

Must Read

Labour’s first year

We’ve laid the foundations. Now we build

Education secretary says her government’s work so far is just the beginning, and here’s what comes next …

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Bridget Phillipson
Labour’s first year

Engaging trusts is key to the opportunity mission’s success

Ministers have shown they can listen to the sector. More of that will be necessary as the details of…

JL Dutaut
Leora Cruddas
Labour’s first year

SEND: Hope still prevails, but Labour must learn to listen

Treating the specialist and alternative sectors as afterthoughts means ministers have missed chances to progress towards a more inclusive…

JL Dutaut
Dr Nic Crossley

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,…

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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

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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,…

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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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