Opinion: Solutions

Five specialist lessons to make mainstream more inclusive

These five strategies from my time in special schools are driving transformational change in SEND provision in our mainstream…

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Jude Macdonald
Opinion: Politics

Political point-scoring won’t fix our broken system

The hyperbole about the schools bill is completely out of proportion with its mild provisions. We really must do…

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Jonny Uttley
Opinion: Academy trusts

Trusts are still the best way for school standards to RISE

The government’s proposals could slow the pace of improvement. There are very good reasons why academy trusts are still…

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Sir David Carter
Opinion: Policy

A four-step plan to tackle the exclusions crisis

Working with schools and other partners since 2021 to reduce exclusions for vulnerable groups has led us to this…

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Jason Arthur
The Knowledge

The ‘constant dance’ of leading a values-driven trust

Our new report shows that providing a ‘whole education’ requires trust leaders to embrace a ‘constant dance’ of shifting…

JL Dutaut
Toby Greany and Eleanor Bernardes
Opinion: Policy

Parliament must seize its chance to fix school management

‘De-layering’ our uniquely top-heavy approach to education management is key to redressing our unbalanced accountability system

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Adrian Lyons
Opinion: Policy

The schools bill isn’t ‘vandalism’ – it should go even further

The bill’s provisions are the right response to systemic challenges, but two key provisions are missing that I will…

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Lord Jim Knight
Opinion: Teaching Commission

Policy must look beyond teachers to solve the workforce crisis

Teachers are not the only ones who are unhappy in classrooms. Unless we get to grips with that, we…

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Professor Caroline Daly
Opinion: Solutions

How to deliver a cradle-to-career service in every community

Our new report shows the transformative potential of local ‘cradle-to-career’ partnerships and how school leaders can lead them to…

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Anne-Marie Sim

Must Read

The Curriculum Conversation

How to embed oracy as the national curriculum’s ‘fourth R’

Weaving oracy through all subjects can be focal point for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole….

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Geoff Barton
Opinion: SEND

A golden opportunity to help fix our broken SEND system

A new consultation invites schools and trusts to lead the way in fixing our broken SEND system

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Andrew O’Neill
Opinion: Policy

We can’t advise our way to school improvement

Failing to deal with legal and regulatory divisions will hamper the government’s attempts to drive up standards – but…

JL Dutaut
Matt Hood

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,…

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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

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
Exams
The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

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Stephen Caldwell
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