Localism

MATs are local and need to be part of local strategic partnerships 

New research shows the important role MATs can play for their localities, writes Jonathan Crossley-Holland, but obsctacles remain on…

JL Dutaut
Jonathan Crossley-Holland
ChatGPT

AI allows us to assess differently – and we should

Recent developments in AI technology show that we need to rethink what we assess and how we assess it,…

JL Dutaut
Priya Lakhani
ChatGPT

ChatGPT: Why AI should be banned from assessment and regulated

Integrating AI into education is inevitable but exams should be preserved and the technology tightly regulated, writes Daisy Christodoulou

JL Dutaut
Daisy Christodoulou


English

We must rethink English for our times to prevent its decline

Too many pupils see English simply as a gateway to further education. So the subject must adapt to reflect…

JL Dutaut
Rachael Green
Strikes

Why strike? Because teachers are desperate and so are their pupils

Teachers have voted to walk out of their classrooms in a desperate attempt to stop so many from walking…

JL Dutaut
Niamh Sweeney
The Knowledge

NTP: What impact has online tuition had?

A new report shows online tuition leads to progress on multiple fronts with particular benefits for disadvantaged pupils, say…

JL Dutaut
Kristina Altoft and Will Chambers
Curriculum

Our challenging times demand more than academic attainment

Schools must be more than exam factories and that requires an holistic approach to students and staff development alike,…

JL Dutaut
Nitesh Gor and Mike Ion
Governance

Governance professionals need a clear career pathway

The people who keep the governance show on the road are too often “out of sight, out of mind”….

JL Dutaut
Steve Edmonds
ChatGPT

ChatGPT: How the new tech can drastically cut your workload

Nevermind the dystopian fears. The future is now, this machine kills workload and I for one welcome it to…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Lockyer

Must Read

Opinion

Why we’ve got ‘stuck’ schools all wrong

Stuck schools often get a ‘hero’ leader, but there are much better solutions, argues Seamus Murphy

Freddie Whittaker
Seamus Murphy
Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens
Sir Hamid Patel
Parental leave

Some schools have cracked parental leave – so why can’t everyone? 

Education leaders must take note of a parliamentary debate last week on maternity and paternity pay, says Emma Sheppard

John Dickens
Emma Sheppard

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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