Grammar Schools

The evidence that exposes calls to bring back grammar schools

With grammar schools seemingly back on the agenda – it feels like 2016 all over again. Thankfully we are…

John Dickens
Jon Andrews
Edtech

Edtech: Four golden rules for reviewing your school’s use

The pandemic caused technology use in schools to skyrocket. But while many schools have invested heavily in edtech over…

JL Dutaut
Graham Macaulay
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s autocratic curriculum experiment has failed

Over the years, Ofsted’s role has shifted from ‘aiming to improve lives by raising standards in education and children’s…

JL Dutaut
Meena Kumari Wood and Adrian Lyons
Opinion

All aboard: How coastal schools can keep their maritime heritage afloat

Schools wanted to join a sailing adventure with scheme aimed at raising aspirations and attainment

John Dickens
Rachel Kitley
Opinion: Mental health

How to foster interest in world events – without the anxiety

As a new report shows young people are anxious about world events, Lindsay Nadin and Helen Care set out…

JL Dutaut
Lindsay Nadin and Dr Helen Care
Religious education

Religious education: A test case for humanist views

Schools have a lot of leeway over their curriculum for religious studies but a recent case means humanism simply…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
SEND review

SEND Review: Why it’s time to ditch the meritocratic myth

We must rethink troubling assumptions at the heart of the SEND green paper in order to restore dignity to…

JL Dutaut
Ben Newmark and Tom Rees
Grammar Schools

Tory leadership: A chance to tackle selection once and for all

As the candidates gear up for a televised debate, Mike Ion suggests Rishi Sunak should come out fighting for…

JL Dutaut
Mike Ion
Diversity

How did we do at diversifying your curriculum this year?

We’ve built on last year’s progress in diversifying our content, writes JL Dutaut, but there’s more to be done…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut

Must Read

Opinion: Governance

Local governance is key to community cohesion

This volunteers’ week, let’s pledge to better support our governors as the community champions they are in these times…

JL Dutaut
Emma Balchin
Opinion: Governance

How we’re bucking the trend and recruiting great governors

Amid a national shortage of governors, here’s how our group has had success in recruiting and retaining professionals who…

JL Dutaut
Jenny Pharo
Opinion: Policy

Working-class kids don’t need fixing – our system does

Here’s how Labour can finally deliver on its decades-long promise of a truly comprehensive and inclusive system – and…

JL Dutaut
Michael Cater

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

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
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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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