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Opinion: Accountability

Accountability must focus more on improving and less on approving

The thinking that brought about our current accountability system can’t get us out of the problems it has caused,…

JL Dutaut

Les Walton

Opinion: SEND

How to build an RSHE curriculum that works for SEND students

Nicole Rodden shares advice on developing crucial RSHE provision for pupils with SEND who are particularly vulnerable when navigating…

JL Dutaut

Nicole Rodden

The Knowledge

What can the Covid exam crisis teach us about policy making?

New research lays bare how a host of problems with England’s policy making led to avoidable mistakes and poor…

JL Dutaut

Jo-Anne Baird and Margaret Arnott

Opinion

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

Opinion

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

Education technology

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

Opinion

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

Pay and conditions

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

Must Read

Opinion

How we help SEND students gain qualifications and independence

Close communication, working on life skills and connecting with the wider community are among the ways Launceston’s alternative resource…

Samantha Booth

Matthew Thompson

Opinion

When everyone is SEND trained inclusion is part of your culture

Julie Prentice shares five things she and trust colleagues learned from developing a SEND training model over the past…

Samantha Booth

Julie Prentice

Opinion

More work is need to tackle fragmentation in teacher development

The decision of the Teacher Development Trust to become part of the Chartered College is exciting, but it shows…

Freddie Whittaker

Sam Twiselton

EXAMS

Assessment

University clearing: How teachers can support students

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

John Dickens

7mo

Sam Sykes

7mo

Assessment

Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

JL Dutaut

Reza Schwitzer

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