The Knowledge
Provision for children with SEND would be at risk if support staff numbers are cut

Why homogeneous SEND guidance lets schools and pupils down

The case of systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) demonstrates the risks of treating students with SEND as a homogeneous group,…

JL Dutaut
Dr Lila Kossyvaki
Literacy

The role of mastery in levelling the phonics playing field

An impact study shows Wellspring Academy Trust’s mastery approach to phonics is delivering for all our children and helping…

JL Dutaut
Sam Bailey
Education Reform

How Scotland delivers reform could be a lesson for us all

As a new Lords committee calls for evidence on curriculum and qualifications, Chris Pyle suggests we can learn from…

JL Dutaut
Chris Pyle
Opinion: Attendance

Persistent absence: ‘Obsessing about attendance’ is not enough

Post-Covid attendance rates signal a deeper malaise that requires more complex solutions than a punitive approach, says Jeffery Quaye…

JL Dutaut
Dr Jeffery Quaye
ChatGPT

Children misusing ChatGPT? It’s the adults you need to watch

Behind the hand-wringing over ChatGPT empowering children to cheat is a much bigger threat: adults misusing these nascent educational…

JL Dutaut
Cesare Aloisi
Opinion: SEND
A study will look at the Covid legacy for Year 11 pupils.

6 changes every leader can make for a more autism-friendly school

Marking autism acceptance week, Jo Galloway sets out six small changes every school can make to be more inclusive…

JL Dutaut
Jo Galloway
Opinion: Solutions

How to ensure neuroeducation actually improves teacher performance 

The rapid revolution in neuroeducation risks being lost to mutations and poor implementation unless we shift from ‘what works’…

JL Dutaut
Ross Morrison McGill
Opinion

How the EEF has scaled up and levelled up Covid catch-up

An independent evaluation of EEF Accelerator Fund activity highlights the work’s success at scaling up catch-up interventions in under-served…

JL Dutaut
Becky Francis
UTCs

How trusts can turn around a faltering but unique UTC sector

Our trusts have proven the nay-sayers wrong and shown what UTC provision can truly deliver for pupils and communities,…

JL Dutaut
Dean Ashton and Owen McColgan

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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