Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s problem is that it isn’t ‘wicked’ enough

No I’m not picking up the baton of hard-nosed leadership Michael Wilshaw just dropped, says Doug Lowes, but Ofsted…

JL Dutaut
Dr Doug Lowes
Disadvantage gap

We need to be more discerning about disadvantage

Blunt measures like pupil premium are not equal to the task of informing decisions about educational provision, write Timo…

JL Dutaut
Timo Hannay and Duncan Baldwin
NTP
national tutoring programme

School leaders continue to doubt tutoring’s levelling up potential

NFER’s new survey reveals uncertainty amongst school leaders about whether tutoring is a long-term solution to closing the disadvantage…

JL Dutaut
Emma Moore
Opinion: Workforce

Four tangible policy solutions to tackle the recruitment crisis

Rhys Howells sets out some low-hanging fruit for policy makers to start making a dent in the recruitment crisis

JL Dutaut
Rhys Howells
Opinion: Sustainability

What do schools really need to deliver climate change education now?

Teachers don’t need a curriculum review or a new GCSE to deliver climate change education, writes Sylvia Knight. They…

JL Dutaut
Professor Sylvia Knight
MATs
Trust central team growth has outstripped trust expansions

Why trust central teams can be worth their weight in gold

A strong and high-performing central team has many benefits, as Sir David Carter explains. But they must get their…

John Dickens
Sir David Carter
The Knowledge

Place-based challenges for schools mean locality matters

Tanya Ovenden-Hope sets out the key findings from new research on a multi-academy trust Hub model for schools intended…

JL Dutaut
Tanya Ovenden-Hope
Opinion: Accountability

Peer review can’t replace inspection – but it can inform it

The power of peer review depends on its being kept separate from the incentives and disincentives of formalised accountability,…

JL Dutaut
Kate Chhatwal
Opinion: Accountability

Safeguarding should matter to Ofsted as much as to schools

This week’s announcement doesn’t inspire confidence that Ofsted and the DfE get the impact accountability is having on headteachers,…

JL Dutaut
Duncan Spalding

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

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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