The Knowledge

Is extending the school day a viable solution to lost learning?

Our case study reveals important caveats for ‘out-of-school time’ provision and challenges leaders to think differently about post-Covid recovery,…

JL Dutaut
CLAIRE FORBES
finance

How to take control of your finances in 2022

Budgets are stretched in unprecedented fashion, but putting value at the heart of our financial operation has been transformative,…

JL Dutaut
ANDREW MOORHOUSE
Covid

Improving air quality is for life, not just for Covid

Improving indoor air quality shouldn’t be considered a quick fix for Covid recovery but a long-term investment in healthier…

JL Dutaut
DAVID GLOVER


Inclusion

Why we need to see the children of prisoners

Unlocking the potential of these children is matter of seeing them and tackling the stigma that keeps them and…

JL Dutaut
NATASHA PORTER
Covid

What impact has the pandemic had on our youngest learners?

New data shows green shoots of recovery from Covid’s impact on key stage 1 but schools need more support…

JL Dutaut
SUSAN ROSE
Community

How to build your armour against parental abuse

The pandemic started with an initial wave of support for schools, but ongoing challenges and controversies have created a…

JL Dutaut
RACHEL SMITH
Social mobility

Admissions are closing the door on social mobility

The new social mobility commission chair should lobby for one reform that would deliver real change and silence her…

JL Dutaut
MIKE ION
Opinion: Workforce

Making a return from retirement a success

Follow some simple guidelines on your return to school and you too could end up asking yourself why you…

JL Dutaut
KEITH FOX
NTP

NTP: Trust schools not to leave disadvantaged pupils behind

Caveats on making use of NTP support mean some children will miss out and the programme’s effectiveness could be…

JL Dutaut
ASHFAQ RAHMAN

Must Read

Opinion: Workforce

Recruitment crisis: Are we finally turning the corner?

This week’s figures reveal positive signs for the teacher workforce but there’s a long way to go to meet…

JL Dutaut
Jack Worth
Opinion: CPD

Labour must usher in a new era of professional empowerment

Labour’s teacher training entitlement is key to delivering its opportunity mission. Here’s what needs to happen to deliver on…

JL Dutaut
Loic Menzies
Opinion: Policy

Labour’s bill could tie schools to inequity through uniform

The government’s well-intentioned policy on school uniform could be undermined by failing to grasp its broader interplay with inclusion

JL Dutaut
Caroline Barlow and Tess Howard

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

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,…

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
Exams

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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell

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