FSM
More than half of school caterers said they had or were considering using more processed ingredients in school dinners due to cost and supply issues

School food policy requires a shift from ministers and campaigners

Universal free school meals are a distraction from a simple change that would see food reach 200,000 pupils who…

JL Dutaut
Andy Jolley
Professional development

The ECF’s problem isn’t workload. Workload is the ECF’s

New YouGov polling what teachers really mean when they say workload is an issue for the early career framework,…

JL Dutaut
Marie Hamer
Artificial Intelligence

Keegan is right to back AI to reduce teacher workload

Ministerial announcements on reducing teacher workload are nothing new, writes Ed Reza Schwitzer, but Keegan’s bet that AI can…

JL Dutaut
Ed Reza Schwitzer
Opinion

It’s time to decide what our schools and teachers are for

Are schools education specialists or the front line of children’s services? Without clarity we are failing children and staff

Freddie Whittaker
Sinéad Mc Brearty
LGBT+

Solutions: A whole-trust approach to LGBTQ+ safeguarding

Evie Cryer reflects on the gains Oasis Community Learning has made in safeguarding LGBTQ+ pupils and staff by creating…

JL Dutaut
Evie Cryer
Teacher pay

Are we now experiencing a cost-of-teaching crisis?

New research into how the cost-of-living crisis is impacting the school workforce reveals the stark realities of a dysfunctional…

JL Dutaut
Storm Postlethwaite
Careers

Making careers visible is the secret to success for many pupils

We must unpick why so many students end up excluded from potential careers simply because they don’t know about…

JL Dutaut
Nic Ponsford
Opinion: Curriculum

How diversifying our curriculum made English engaging again

There’s no reason for any school to miss out on the joyful results – for pupils and staff –…

JL Dutaut
Joy Mbakwe
ChatGPT

Government must do more to regulate AI in education

Lack of a clear government strategy to ensure safe exploration of AI in education puts children at significant risk…

JL Dutaut
Victoria Nash

Must Read

Opinion

Gove’s traditionalists won, but now they see what was lost

Militant discipline and explicit instruction delivered higher exam grades, but the debate has moved on as pupils disengage from…

Freddie Whittaker
Jon Hutchinson
The Research Leader

Pupil premium paperwork reveals schools snub effective strategies

Our review of 550 pupil premium strategies found many schools aren’t strategic at all – which suggests leaders need…

Freddie Whittaker
Emma Dobson
Opinion

Repairs to the school-parent contract must come from the top

The situation is not irreparable, and the first small steps have already been taken towards forging a more positive…

Freddie Whittaker
Victoria Hatton

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

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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