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The Knowledge

Five research findings that improved our knowledge this year

JL Dutaut picks out key insights from this year’s Schools Week research column, The Knowledge

JL Dutaut

Opinion: Mental health

How to get the true measure of wellbeing interventions

Anna Smee offers guidance on how to ensure increasingly necessary wellbeing measures have the desired impact

JL Dutaut

Anna Smee

Opinion: Accountability

We will not forget Ruth – and we will not let Ofsted forget her

The inspectorate’s response shows a complete lack of introspection and humility, says Edmund Barnett-Ward

JL Dutaut

Edmund Barnett-Ward

Opinion

Creating a CPD entitlement that works: TDT to launch an expert group

Knowledge from across the sector will ensure Labour’s policy delivers its potential and doesn’t turn into a costly wasted…

JL Dutaut

Gareth Conyard

Opinion

Saved by the bell – but exam reliability questions won’t go away

Ministers and regulators will eventually have to answer to the pressing issue of exam grade reliability, writes Dennis Sherwood

JL Dutaut

Dennis Sherwood

Teacher training and development

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

Opinion

The long shadow of Covid still hangs over exams

Examiners, admissions officers and commentators would do well to remember the disruption of the past few years when 2023…

JL Dutaut

Neil Renton

Tutoring

Tutoring take-up should ring alarm bells for long-term sustainability

We are a long way from the tipping point where tutoring becomes business as usual, everywhere, writes Nick Brook

Freddie Whittaker

Nick Brook

Opinion: Solutions

Four ways to improve teacher CPD and make it impactful

Emma Wilks offers simple strategies to design CPD that reflects what’s happening in the classroom and avoids information overload…

JL Dutaut

Emma Wilks

Must Read

Opinion

How we help SEND students gain qualifications and independence

Close communication, working on life skills and connecting with the wider community are among the ways Launceston’s alternative resource…

Samantha Booth

Matthew Thompson

Opinion

When everyone is SEND trained inclusion is part of your culture

Julie Prentice shares five things she and trust colleagues learned from developing a SEND training model over the past…

Samantha Booth

Julie Prentice

Opinion

More work is need to tackle fragmentation in teacher development

The decision of the Teacher Development Trust to become part of the Chartered College is exciting, but it shows…

Freddie Whittaker

Sam Twiselton

EXAMS

Assessment

University clearing: How teachers can support students

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens

7mo

Sam Sykes

7mo

Assessment

Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

JL Dutaut

Reza Schwitzer

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