School Leadership

How leadership matters to learning (and how it doesn’t)

We needed to discard much theorising that was backed by poor evidence, write Stuart Kime and Jack Deverson, but…

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Stuart Kime and Jack Deverson
The Knowledge

The Knowledge: This week’s research highlights

Teachers’ confidence in teaching sex and relationships education, parental abuse, children’s happiness, and milk money

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JL Dutaut
Climate change

Climate anxiety is real – and here’s how you can help us

Climate anxiety is on the rise among young people, writes Sophia Papasouliotis, but schools can help to lower the…

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Sophia Papasouliotis
Behaviour

Respect for rights is our secret ingredient for great behaviour

Great behaviour in our socioeconomically deprived schools is no surprise, writes Kulvarn Atwal. It’s the result of a deep…

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Kulvarn Atwal
Labour party conference
Bridget Phillipson

Labour conference: A whirlwind and a ray of hope

Ed Reza Schwitzer gives us a taste of being an edu-policy wonk at a crucial conference for the Labour…

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Ed Reza Schwitzer
Labour party conference

Labour’s vision for schools: Running towards the challenges

Labour’s vision for education is one that looks to the future rather than the past and to fairness rather…

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Bridget Phillipson
Opinion
ITT training targets could be missed this year, DfE figures show

Our reforms will ensure quality and rigour in teacher training

Minister Jonathan Gullis says controversial ITT review will eradicate ‘variation’ in the market

Freddie Whittaker
Jonathan Gullis
Young carers

Census 2023: Do you know who your young carers are?

January sees the launch of the first formal attempt to identify young carers nationally, explains Andy McGowan, and here’s…

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Andy McGowan
Sexual abuse

Sexual abuse: A growing threat we fight together

A huge spike in self-generated material since Covid shows the urgency of tackling online sexual abuse and the importance…

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Sarah Blight

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

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
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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,…

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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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