Year in review

Alternative Provision been heard, but now we need action

2022 began with encouraging signs APs and PRUs were finally getting the attention they deserve, says Sarah Johnson, but…

JL Dutaut
Sarah Johnson
The Knowledge

How is levelling up progressing in the north east?

The latest survey of schools in our region shows some progress in one respect but concerning trends in all…

JL Dutaut
Chris Zarraga
Year in review

Creativity saw us through a year of plentiful challenges

A week from retirement, Madelaine Caplin looks back on a tumultuous, frustrating but also joyous final year of her…

JL Dutaut
Madelaine Caplin
Year in review

As ministers hokey cokeyed, schools took the lead again

A year characterised by an in, out, in out, shake it all about of people and policy ends with…

JL Dutaut
Diana Ohene-Darko
Year in review

What we need now is consolidation, not upheaval

We can be grateful 2022 ends with more stability and fewer financial pressures, writes Katharine Birbalsingh. Now let’s focus…

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Katharine Birbalsingh
Year in review

Governance has emerged transformed and stronger

Continuing crisis has proven the benefits of a re-imagined school governance emboldened in its priorities, writes Ruby Bhatti

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Ruby Bhatti
Opinion

This was the year teachers decided enough was enough

As 2022 comes to a close, the effects of turmoil and financial strain remain in spite of a late…

JL Dutaut
Patrick Roach
Trust leadership

The changing face of the MAT CEO

The CEO profile is changing and the pipeline is strong (for now) but lack of succession planning is a…

JL Dutaut
Rachael Gacs
Opinion: Policy

A scaled-back Oak could have had the whole sector’s support

Judicial review is a measure of last resort but the government’s actions have left us no choice to protect…

JL Dutaut
Louis Coiffait-Gunn

Must Read

Opinion: SEND

The real SEND story behind the OBR shock

One trust leader calls for caution over shock estimates of the potential impact of SEND funding

John Dickens
Wayne Norrie
Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

Another way for school readiness, why phone bans ARE the brave choice and enrichment’s GCSE blinkers problem

Freddie Whittaker
Various
Opinion: school funding

5 helpful ways ministers can support schools to cut costs

With this week’s budget expected to offer little for squeezed schools, one trust leader outlines suggestions for ministers to…

John Dickens
Keziah Featherstone

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

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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,…

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James Handscombe
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