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Opinion: SEND

SEND review: Why SENCOs must engage in the consultation

The green paper recognises the value of SENCOs, but the proposals will need all our voices to shape them…

JL Dutaut

Dr Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell

Schools white paper

White paper: A welcome return to long-term policy making

It may be unglamorous, but ministers’ return to a long-term focus on systems and structures is the right thing…

JL Dutaut

Jon Coles

SEND review

SEND review: Reforms must now follow quickly

These long-overdue proposals are encouraging, writes Sam Parrett. Their implementation must be thorough and much faster than it’s taken…

JL Dutaut

Dr Sam Parrett

Schools white paper

Why the parent pledge is much more than a gimmick

Many – even most – schools may already be doing it, but that takes nothing away from the government’s…

JL Dutaut

Jonathan Simons

Schools white paper

White paper: Lack of flexibility could set councils back

Many of the white paper’s proposals mirror what we already do, write Kindy Sandhu and Kirston Nelson, but needless…

JL Dutaut

Kindy Sandhu and Kirston Nelson

Schools white paper

White paper: A new era for local authorities and collaboration?

The ambitions for local authorities and a more collaborative system are a bold vision but many obstacles must be…

JL Dutaut

Seamus Murphy

Covid

Covid has raised new barriers for pupils in greatest need

New national attainment data shows the impact of the pandemic on primary school children has not been evenly spread,…

JL Dutaut

Stephan Nicholls

Schools white paper

White paper: All rhetoric and no solutions

All the ambitious vocabulary in the world couldn’t hide this document’s failure to grasp the real problems facing schools,…

JL Dutaut

Mary Bousted

Schools white paper

The week that will shape Nadhim Zahawi’s legacy

This week’s DfE publications will shape how the education secretary is remembered, writes Yvonne Williams, so let’s hope he’s…

JL Dutaut

Yvonne Williams

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

How to balance CPD at individual, school and trust level

Our work to enhance professional development across our trust reveals helpful ways forward for others and things ministers could…

JL Dutaut

Scott Hudson

Opinion: Policy

Resits are not the right tool to deliver numeracy for all

The evidence is clear that the resits policy leads to a cycle of failure that worst affects the least…

JL Dutaut

Sam Sims

Opinion: Inclusion

How can mainstream schools be more inclusive?

A student panel at the Festival of Education demonstrated how small changes can make a big difference to young…

JL Dutaut

18h

Francesca Martinez

18h

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

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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