Politics

What Labour can learn from visiting trusts like ours

Guy Shears reflects on the shadow education minister’s visit to one of his schools and what he hopes it…

JL Dutaut
Guy Shears
School improvement

21st-Century learning saved our deprived school

Rescuing Richmond Academy from poor performance meant ditching ideologies and trying something new, explains Rachael Howell

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Rachael Howell
Wellbeing

Dear Amanda. I’m reporting a serious safeguarding concern

An anonymous director of education calls out ‘the big ask’ from schools and calls on chief inspector, Amanda Spielman…

JL Dutaut
Anonymous
Opinion: Accountability
New Ofsted research looks at the role of MATs in inspections

Ofsted reform should focus on inspection reliability first

Our new research casts doubt on the reliability of ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted judgments, explains Sam Sims, but any attempt at…

JL Dutaut
Sam Sims
Opinion: Sustainability

Sustainability: Piecemeal progress will open a ‘green gap’

Some progress has been made towards key goals in the DfE’s sustainability strategy, say Keya Lamba and Shweta Bahri,…

JL Dutaut
Shweta Bahri and Keya Lamba
Pay and conditions

How much can pay improve recruitment and retention?

Pay is an important lever to attract and hang onto teachers, says the NFER’s workforce lead, but it’s not…

JL Dutaut
Jack Worth
Opinion

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
Pay and conditions

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
Opinion
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

Must Read

Opinion

Give heads what they need to make inclusive mainstream work

This is not about withdrawing support from children. It’s about changing the way that support is offered

Freddie Whittaker
Cathie Paine
Opinion: Curriculum

Teachers need agency to thrive – we’re exploring how and why

Agency is often misinterpreted and overlooked, but giving teachers themselves more capacity to act would bring wide-ranging benefits, writes…

Freddie Whittaker
Lisa-Maria Müller
The Research Leader

Alignment between leadership and governance takes work

Research shows those closest to the frontline worry more over issues like finances. This means building shared understanding is…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Rajbir Hazelwood and Kamal Bodhanker

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
Sam Sykes
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

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Reza Schwitzer
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