School funding

Could GAG pooling undermine the national funding formula?

Pooling school budgets at MAT level doesn’t completely undo the fairer distribution of the NFF, writes Jon Andrews, but…

JL Dutaut
Jon Andrews
Relationships and sex education

Solutions: How to make conversations about consent effective

Many teachers lack the knowledge and confidence to teach consent, writes Monica Bhogal, but this crucial topic doesn’t have…

JL Dutaut
Monica Bhogal
Opinion: Accountability

How can partnerships prosper in a competitive system?

New research highlights how local collaborations can work for all students in spite of competition and fragmentation, explain Mel…

JL Dutaut
Mel Ainscow and Paul Armstrong
Citizenship

How Bradford schools are empowering youth-led change

Bradford’s pupil voice summit offers more than the chance for students to air their priorities, write Carol Dewhurst and…

JL Dutaut
Carol Dewhurst and Esha Din Arbab
Opinion: SEND

Where is the improvement plan for marginalised children with autism?

Outcomes for children with autism from marginalised groups are worse than their peers and the SEND improvement plan offers…

JL Dutaut
Prithvi Perepa
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted: A better system is possible and the DfE knows it

Colin Diamond sets out what the DfE might do to bring school inspection in line with high-performing systems –…

JL Dutaut
Colin Diamond
Opinion: Accountability

High stakes? The fault is not in Ofsted but in ourselves

The biggest problem with Ofsted is the weight we attach to its reports, writes Hugh Greenway, and that’s within…

JL Dutaut
Hugh Greenway
Maths
Rishi Sunak has relaunched his plan to ensure maths is studied up to 16 in England

More maths alone won’t solve our ‘anti-maths mindset’

Changing the national narrative that maths is dry and unrewarding will require more than forcing students to sit the…

JL Dutaut
Jo Boaler and Jeffery Quaye
SRE

How to positively engage young men in the fight against misogyny

Engaging young men in conversations about gender inequality without alienating them is key to preventing Tate-style misogyny, writes Katharine…

JL Dutaut
Katharine Roddy

Must Read

Opinion

Why we’ve got ‘stuck’ schools all wrong

Stuck schools often get a ‘hero’ leader, but there are much better solutions, argues Seamus Murphy

Freddie Whittaker
Seamus Murphy
Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens
Sir Hamid Patel
Parental leave

Some schools have cracked parental leave – so why can’t everyone? 

Education leaders must take note of a parliamentary debate last week on maternity and paternity pay, says Emma Sheppard

John Dickens
Emma Sheppard

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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