Education Reform

How Scotland delivers reform could be a lesson for us all

As a new Lords committee calls for evidence on curriculum and qualifications, Chris Pyle suggests we can learn from…

JL Dutaut
Chris Pyle
Opinion: Attendance

Persistent absence: ‘Obsessing about attendance’ is not enough

Post-Covid attendance rates signal a deeper malaise that requires more complex solutions than a punitive approach, says Jeffery Quaye…

JL Dutaut
Dr Jeffery Quaye
ChatGPT

Children misusing ChatGPT? It’s the adults you need to watch

Behind the hand-wringing over ChatGPT empowering children to cheat is a much bigger threat: adults misusing these nascent educational…

JL Dutaut
Cesare Aloisi


Opinion: SEND

6 changes every leader can make for a more autism-friendly school

Marking autism acceptance week, Jo Galloway sets out six small changes every school can make to be more inclusive…

JL Dutaut
Jo Galloway
Opinion: Solutions

How to ensure neuroeducation actually improves teacher performance 

The rapid revolution in neuroeducation risks being lost to mutations and poor implementation unless we shift from ‘what works’…

JL Dutaut
Ross Morrison McGill
Opinion

How the EEF has scaled up and levelled up Covid catch-up

An independent evaluation of EEF Accelerator Fund activity highlights the work’s success at scaling up catch-up interventions in under-served…

JL Dutaut
Becky Francis
UTCs

How trusts can turn around a faltering but unique UTC sector

Our trusts have proven the nay-sayers wrong and shown what UTC provision can truly deliver for pupils and communities,…

JL Dutaut
Dean Ashton and Owen McColgan
Racism

Why I’m asking white teachers to start talking about race

We won’t tackle the deep inequalities that still keep educators of colour out of leadership until white teachers and…

JL Dutaut
Viv Grant
Climate change

Net zero won’t be met without new rules on capital investment

The vast school estate can’t be upgraded to meet student needs and net zero targets because its custodians are…

JL Dutaut
Tim Warneford

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

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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