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Sexual abuse

Creating an RSHE curriculum fit for today’s challenges

Events prompted us to revisit not just our curriculum but our entire approach to relationships education, writes Caroline Barlow,…

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Caroline Barlow

Opinion: Mental health

Children’s mental health can’t wait for a new government

The crisis at the top of government can’t be a distraction from a crisis in children’s mental health, writes…

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Catherine Roche

Opinion

GCSE league tables: Are they up to scratch?

The statistics regulator has taken a look at key stage 4 performance data to make sure it is meeting…

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Nicky Pearce

Opinion: Workforce

How trusts can create a talent pipeline for school support

The need for talented graduates in central MAT roles is present and growing, writes Kate Bradley, and trusts can…

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Kate Bradley

Opinion: Workforce

The ‘Tripadvisor for schools’ government should be creating

Too many toxic schools have been affecting retention and wellbeing for too long, writes Tom Rogers, but we can…

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Tom Rogers

Covid

Why schools’ pandemic lessons are not just for the children

Schools have contributed a huge amount to our pandemic understanding and readiness for the future, write the leaders of…

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Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo and Punam Mangtani

The Knowledge

Research: So…what has the pandemic changed?

As teachers prepare to start enjoying their holidays again, Iain Ford delves into Teacher Tapp research to pick out…

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Iain Ford

uniform

Uniform discipline can help families through this crisis

Uniform was already too expensive before the cost-o-living crisis, writes Jo Tyler, but we can reduce costs and get…

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Jo Tyler

Physical education

More investment in sport and PE requires more accountability

Renewal of the PE and Sport Premium for another academic year is welcome, writes Gary Palmer, but we need…

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Gary Palmer

Must Read

Opinion: Policy

Labour’s bill could tie schools to inequity through uniform

The government’s well-intentioned policy on school uniform could be undermined by failing to grasp its broader interplay with inclusion

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Caroline Barlow and Tess Howard

Opinion: Policy

The House of Lords must protect academy freedoms

Hopes lie with peers that they can prevent the worst of this bill’s foreseeable consequences – and its…

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Meg Powell-Chandler

Opinion: Solutions

How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

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Finola Wilson

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,…

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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

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David Spendlove

EXAMS

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,…

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James Handscombe

Exams

The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

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Stephen Caldwell

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