Opinion: Funding

The spending review must protect Labour’s CPD pledge

New analysis reveals the pledge to be a very generous one. It’s imperative for Labour’s opportunity mission that current…

JL Dutaut
Marie Hamer MBE
Opinion: Funding
school funding

Labour’s opportunity mission can’t be delivered like this

Shocking new research into the impact of straitened funding shows the upcoming spending review must prioritise education

JL Dutaut
Carl Cullinane
Opinion: CPD

A five-point scale that truly supports improvement in schools

Teachers’ self-reported levels of knowledge and confidence are helping us to drive up the quality of our provision

JL Dutaut
Jeremy Spencer
Opinion: Policy

Three steps to making adolescence meaningful again

In the search for a policy response to the Netflix drama, are we asking the right questions of the…

JL Dutaut
Olly Newton
Opinion: Solutions

Unlocking the budget potential of finance leasing

Amid a continued squeeze on finances, too many schools are still missing out on an obvious way to invest…

JL Dutaut
Peter Hough
Opinion: Workforce

How SEND training is bridging over a troubled mainstream

A new training programme specifically supporting teaching in specialist settings is exactly what the sector ordered – and it’s…

JL Dutaut
Harry Paget-Wall Collins
The Knowledge

Is a mobile phone ban in schools the right policy aim?

The Netflix series Adolescence has created a new wave of political pressure for a national ban on smartphones in…

JL Dutaut
Antony Bainbridge
Opinion: Edtech

The battle for today’s youth is becoming a war on edtech

The Netflix series Adolescence has sparked a wave of moral panic over children’s use of technology. This surge of…

JL Dutaut
Natalie Nezhati
Lockdown legacies

The ‘new normal’: Like the old one, but so much worse

The phrase ‘new normal’ was quickly adopted and changed meaning as we went along – but today’s realities can’t…

JL Dutaut
Jo Southby

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,…

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

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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,…

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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