Labour’s first year

Tricky questions hang over Labour’s next year in office

If Labour were a band you’d say their first album had gone down well, but now the ‘tricky second…

JL Dutaut
Tom Campbell
Opinion: Solutions

How to get SEND training right to foster inclusion

Getting inclusion right starts with improving how we prepare teachers for the job in a changed sector. Here’s how…

JL Dutaut
Professor Michael Green
The Research Leader

Will EHCP numbers continue to rise, and what then?

A new forecasting tool for local authorities shows the pressing need for change to avoid an “unmitigated” disaster for…

JL Dutaut
Steve Preston


The Conspiracy Commission

Our fight against online misinformation is… well… misinformed

Stereotypes and assumptions mean our efforts to tackle nefarious online content are stifled from the outset

JL Dutaut
Pete Whitehead
Opinion: Funding

Schools should not be left out of extra funding for technical courses

Leaving school providers out of this extra funding is an own goal for the government’s industrial strategy and its…

JL Dutaut
Kate Ambrosi
Opinion: Inclusion

Internal AP is not the way to make our system more inclusive

To include or not to exclude? That is the question. Either way, internal alternative provision is unlikely to be…

JL Dutaut
Anthony Benedict
Opinion: Curriculum

Enrichment is the golden thread Labour’s opportunity mission needs

Enrichment should not be a luxury that only some pupils can access. These benchmarks can ensure they are at…

JL Dutaut
Ruth Marvel and Dave Parr
Opinion: SEND

EHCPs: Why we’re campaigning to save a ‘broken’ system

A SEND parent explains why she’s co-founded a new campaign group to fight future reforms to education, health and…

JL Dutaut
Tania Tirraoro
Opinion: Policy

Labour must curtail centralisation – not innovation

Ministers’ desire for consistency and fairness always comes at a cost – and it’s a cost we can’t afford…

JL Dutaut
James Zuccollo

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Maw
Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

JL Dutaut
Cllr Zena Brabazon
Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

JL Dutaut
Poppy Nobes

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

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David Spendlove

EXAMS

Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

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

John Dickens
Sam Sykes
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

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