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Oak National Academy

Independence is just the start of the new Oak’s problems

Plans to re-launch Oak National as an independent body are already running into legal challenges, and could be mired…

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Martyn Davis

PSHE, safeguarding

Supporting schools to tackle and prevent gambling harms

A new framework is designed to help teachers and leaders approach the growing concern of gambling harms with confidence,…

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Dr Jane Rigbye

Opinion: Mental health

Schools need more support for students’ mental health

On World Mental Health Day, Allie Denholm says there’s a lot schools can do to support pupils with increasing…

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Allie Denholm

The Knowledge

The Knowledge: This week’s research highlights

School leaders’ changing approaches to recruitment and retention, effective CPD, and the impact of the cost of living on…

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Opinion: SEND

Three more councils have been slammed by inspectors over systemic SEND failings

SEND: Why we’re going beyond inclusion to belonging

With the SEND review in the balance, Marios Solomonides explains why his trust is taking matters into its own…

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Marios Solomonides

NTP

NTP: Better, faster evaluation data is now urgent

An absence of positive and compelling evidence is putting the tutoring programme at risk, writes Adam Alagiah-Glomseth

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Adam Alagiah-Glomseth

Higher education access

Equality of opportunity requires a united education sector

New school-university partnerships could reshape the sector’s capacity and boost equality of opportunity, explains John Blake

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John Blake

Conservative Party Conference

“Brilliant!” Gullis warms the fringe of an icy Tory conference

Gallows humour and Gullis high spirits gave welcome light relief from the open warfare on the floor of this…

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Jonathan Simons

School budgets

Budget crisis: How to save money by tailoring your tech

A six-month cap on energy prices still leaves schools with higher costs and an uncertain future, writes Al Kingsley,…

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Al Kingsley

Must Read

Labour’s first year

We’ve laid the foundations. Now we build

Education secretary says her government’s work so far is just the beginning, and here’s what comes next …

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Bridget Phillipson

Labour’s first year

Engaging trusts is key to the opportunity mission’s success

Ministers have shown they can listen to the sector. More of that will be necessary as the details of…

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Leora Cruddas

Labour’s first year

SEND: Hope still prevails, but Labour must learn to listen

Treating the specialist and alternative sectors as afterthoughts means ministers have missed chances to progress towards a more inclusive…

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Dr Nic Crossley

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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