Disadvantage gap

How to ensure cross-sector work doesn’t feed inequality

Many well-meaning initiatives to support ‘disadvantaged’ schools and pupils actually perpetuate the divides they purport to challenge, writes Heidi…

JL Dutaut
Heidi Heinemann
Teacher pay

Teacher pay: Keegan is right but she should go further

Gillian Keegan’s proposal to vary teacher pay by subject is right and the same logic could make it easier…

JL Dutaut
Michael Gosling
School places
More than half of schools did not complete a government catch-up programme for reception children

School places: London’s challenge could soon be everyone’s

A new report reveals that a surplus of school places could cause massive disruption to London’s schools, says Ian…

JL Dutaut
Ian Edwards
Strikes

Strikes: Legal changes make preparation challenging

New regulations and a bill wending its way through parliament at speed are making preparing for strikes more challenging,…

JL Dutaut
Andrea Squires
SEND review

No, Mr McArdle. The SEND system is not a game we play

A recent Schools Week interview with DfE SEND expert, Tony McArdle gives a rare insight into the minds of…

JL Dutaut
Tania Tirraoro and Matt Keer
History

How to mark Holocaust Memorial Day justly and sensitively

Our work to teach the Holocaust shows we can do justice to this dark chapter of history while being…

JL Dutaut
Ranvir Lally
The Knowledge

Could Tik Tok connect young people to nature?

Mobile technologies and social media aren’t necessarily the barrier to young people’s access to the outside world we perceive…

JL Dutaut
Jack Reed
Localism

How the north east will seize devolution to tackle child poverty

Our combined authority is leading the way in bringing a fragmented system back together to support schools in mitigating…

JL Dutaut
Adrian Dougherty
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

Must Read

Opinion

Signs of progress give cause for optimism ahead of 2026 challenges

As we approach the end of another tough calendar year for school leaders and their teams, they deserve our…

Freddie Whittaker
Paul Whiteman
Opinion

Beyond the scroll: 5 ways to support young people with social media 

Students tell me their biggest sources of stress are not tied to social media, but instead to their futures

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Helen Care
Opinion

Teachers need support to defend diversity from far-right attacks

As the prime minister has affirmed, we will not surrender our flag. Nor will we surrender our future to…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nikos Savvas

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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