Politics

Report cards: Labour’s proposed reform will require caution

Labour’s proposal for school accountability reform could be transformational but its implementation will require caution and time, writes Kate…

JL Dutaut
Kate Chhatwal
Opinion: Curriculum

Making science accessible for all, even on a tight school budget

Marking British Science Week, Niymet McCann explains how her school is making the most of available support to ensure…

JL Dutaut
Niymet McCann
STEM

Girls in STEM: A message for your students

After marking International Women’s Day, schools can keep pushing the message that girls’ STEM career potential is unlimited, writes…

JL Dutaut
Sally Williams
Edtech

Video tech has turned our lesson observation on its head

Video recording of lessons has reduced fear of the dreaded observation and brought our focus on the small details…

JL Dutaut
David Chapman
Budget 2023

Budget: A starved system can’t end persistent absence

This week’s budget must recognise that our system for preventing absence is failing and leaving schools with an impossible…

JL Dutaut
Jaine Stannard
The Knowledge

Universal Credit will make closing the disadvantage gap harder

NFER research shows transtional plans for the roll-out of Universal Credit will make the disadvantage gap harder to track,…

JL Dutaut
Jenna Julius
Opinion: Solutions

How to organise a conference in the age of online learning

The recent Ark Curriculum Plus event demonstrated exactly what the CPD conference still has to offer in the post-Covid…

JL Dutaut
Caroline Doherty
Politics

We’ve become an insular profession weakened by narrow debate

The teaching profession is progressively narrowing its focus from the big picture to technical minutiae, says Adam Seldon, and…

JL Dutaut
Adam Seldon
Opinion

Ministers are trying to undermine teacher strikes. Their behaviour is counterproductive

The education secretary should be negotiating with unions in a serious and ongoing way, writes Kevin Courtney

Kevin Courtney
Kevin Courtney

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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