Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s autocratic curriculum experiment has failed

Over the years, Ofsted’s role has shifted from ‘aiming to improve lives by raising standards in education and children’s…

JL Dutaut
Meena Kumari Wood and Adrian Lyons
Opinion

All aboard: How coastal schools can keep their maritime heritage afloat

Schools wanted to join a sailing adventure with scheme aimed at raising aspirations and attainment

John Dickens
Rachel Kitley
Opinion: Mental health

How to foster interest in world events – without the anxiety

As a new report shows young people are anxious about world events, Lindsay Nadin and Helen Care set out…

JL Dutaut
Lindsay Nadin and Dr Helen Care
Religious education

Religious education: A test case for humanist views

Schools have a lot of leeway over their curriculum for religious studies but a recent case means humanism simply…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
SEND review

SEND Review: Why it’s time to ditch the meritocratic myth

We must rethink troubling assumptions at the heart of the SEND green paper in order to restore dignity to…

JL Dutaut
Ben Newmark and Tom Rees
Grammar Schools

Tory leadership: A chance to tackle selection once and for all

As the candidates gear up for a televised debate, Mike Ion suggests Rishi Sunak should come out fighting for…

JL Dutaut
Mike Ion
Diversity

How did we do at diversifying your curriculum this year?

We’ve built on last year’s progress in diversifying our content, writes JL Dutaut, but there’s more to be done…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Inclusion
A study will look at the Covid legacy for Year 11 pupils.

Real inclusion starts with our schools’ workforce

Inclusion is a core educational value, write the co-leads of Eden Academy Trust’s anti-racism working party, and we can…

JL Dutaut
Simone Wright and Sophia Barton
Opinion: Sustainability

2025 is too little too late for sustainability education

The curriculum reforms on offer in response to climate change are not only unequal to the task, writes Jo…

JL Dutaut
Jo Sale

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Maw
Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

JL Dutaut
Cllr Zena Brabazon
Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

JL Dutaut
Poppy Nobes

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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