Opinion: SEND

The SEND crisis calls for hub and spoke reform of our systems

Why wait for slow governmental root-and-branch reform when a hub and spoke model could deliver better practice now, ask…

JL Dutaut
Sabrina Hobbs and Vic Goddard
NPQs

NPQs: What’s working well and what needs to change?

Uptake of the new NPQs has been impressive, writes Gareth Conyard, but there are some big pitfalls ahead

JL Dutaut
Gareth Conyard
Opinion

Why academy trusts matter – and why we need a tinder for MATs

The model enables great trustees and leaders to make an impact across a whole group of schools, writes Mark…

Mark Lehain
Mark Lehain
LGBT+

Rise of the furries: A purr-fect storm for transgender rights

Unevidenced claims of children identifying as cats would be hilarious if they weren’t so dangerous for their real target…

JL Dutaut
Tabitha McIntosh
Curriculum

Six top tips to diversify your English curriculum

It’s not about scrapping Shakespeare but complementing and enriching students’ reading, explains Tabatha Sheehan

JL Dutaut
Tabatha Sheehan
The Knowledge

Can adventure learning improve student outcomes?

A new EEF report contains enough evidence to recommend that it should be available to all of our young…

JL Dutaut
Dr Sarah Reaney-Wood and Ben Willis
Community

Schools can’t continue to be the fourth emergency service

It’s not sustainable to keep asking heads to take a lead in helping families in crisis through our fractured…

JL Dutaut
Keziah Featherstone
RAAC

RAAC: How to spot the ‘ticking timebomb’  and what to do next

Nobody wants the cost of uncovering and remediating crumbly building material, says Lucia Glynn, but the cost of not…

JL Dutaut
Lucia Glynn
Service children

Why service children need support and how to provide it

On Armed Forces Day, Louis Fetigan sets out the challenges military life brings to children and how schools can…

JL Dutaut
Louise Fetigan

Must Read

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
Opinion

Repairs to the school-parent contract must come from the top

The situation is not irreparable, and the first small steps have already been taken towards forging a more positive…

Freddie Whittaker
Victoria Hatton

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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