Opinion | Schools Week

Opinion: Mental health

Children’s mental health can’t wait for a new government

The crisis at the top of government can’t be a distraction from a crisis in children’s mental health, writes…

JL Dutaut

Catherine Roche

Opinion

GCSE league tables: Are they up to scratch?

The statistics regulator has taken a look at key stage 4 performance data to make sure it is meeting…

John Dickens

Nicky Pearce

Opinion: Workforce

How trusts can create a talent pipeline for school support

The need for talented graduates in central MAT roles is present and growing, writes Kate Bradley, and trusts can…

JL Dutaut

Kate Bradley

Opinion: Workforce

The ‘Tripadvisor for schools’ government should be creating

Too many toxic schools have been affecting retention and wellbeing for too long, writes Tom Rogers, but we can…

JL Dutaut

Tom Rogers

Covid

Why schools’ pandemic lessons are not just for the children

Schools have contributed a huge amount to our pandemic understanding and readiness for the future, write the leaders of…

JL Dutaut

Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo and Punam Mangtani

The Knowledge

Research: So…what has the pandemic changed?

As teachers prepare to start enjoying their holidays again, Iain Ford delves into Teacher Tapp research to pick out…

JL Dutaut

Iain Ford

uniform

Uniform discipline can help families through this crisis

Uniform was already too expensive before the cost-o-living crisis, writes Jo Tyler, but we can reduce costs and get…

JL Dutaut

Jo Tyler

Physical education

More investment in sport and PE requires more accountability

Renewal of the PE and Sport Premium for another academic year is welcome, writes Gary Palmer, but we need…

JL Dutaut

Gary Palmer

Schools Bill

While the schools bill crashes, it’s our schools that burn

The smouldering wreckage of the schools bill suggests this government is even more tired than the teachers it keeps…

JL Dutaut

Mary Bousted

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

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

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

2mo

Sam Sykes

2mo

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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