safeguarding

Safeguarding: Pressure on designated leads is alarming

A new survey reveals the toll of increasing demand on school safeguarding leads as the cost-of-living crisis bites, says…

JL Dutaut
Helen King
Energy costs

Energy costs: Decarbonisation is now an achievable priority

Balancing short-term budget pressures with long-term investment in energy efficiencies and decarbonisation is complex but possible, writes Steven Reynolds

JL Dutaut
Steven Reynolds
Climate change

COP27: Sealing education’s role in climate action

COP27 is bringing green education further into the climate change policy mainstream, writes Eleanor Staines Shaw, but action is…

JL Dutaut
Eleanor Staines Shaw
Anti-bullying week

Anti-bullying week: Four tips for a whole-school approach

Schools can draw on new support to develop their anti-bullying practices – and these four tips are crucial to…

JL Dutaut
Miriam Sorgenfrei and Rahi Popat
Opinion: SEND

My recommendations for a transformation of the SEND system

Children’s commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza sets out three ambitions and a host of recommendations to reform the SEND…

JL Dutaut
Dame Rachel de Souza
Opinion: Attendance

Attendance: Fear of violence is a key driver of absence

A new report reveals that violence at and around school is a key driver of low school attendance -…

JL Dutaut
Jon Yates
Opinion

Funding cuts make white paper promises a ‘faraway fantasy’

Even the most efficient schools are ‘highly exposed, disarmed and unable to weather the financial storm’, writes Stephen Morales….

Stephen Morales
Stephen Morales
Opinion: Attendance

Absenteeism: How we’ll rebuild a culture of school attendance

A combination of artificial intelligence and thoughtful nudges could turn the dial on worsening post-pandemic absenteeism, writes Arfan Ismail

JL Dutaut
Arfan Ismail
The Knowledge

Covid toll: What we’ve learned about teacher anxiety

New research reveals the extent of the Covid pandemic’s impact on teacher anxiety levels and how different groups have…

JL Dutaut
John Jerrim

Must Read

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
Opinion

You can’t build inclusion on calming spaces alone

Space is not the same as capacity. It’s a key difference that matters, writes Dr Nic Crossley

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nic Crossley

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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