The Legal Leader

What does new anti-fraud legislation mean for schools?

A new law coming into force this month raises the bar in terms of how schools are expected to…

JL Dutaut
Kamal Chauhan and Charlotte Cassells
Opinion: SEND

The select committee’s SEND report lacks practical answers

The 95 recommendations in ‘Solving the SEND crisis’ are expensive, time-consuming and won’t put us on a path to…

JL Dutaut
Louise Lee
Opinion: Policy

Labour must not let parental expectations lower standards

Ministers must reinforce high expectations when they set out their home-school contract – or risk making an already tough…

JL Dutaut
Sufian Sadiq
Opinion: Curriculum review

Schools need flexibility to respond to their communities’ challenges

The death of a young constituent is a powerful reminder that the curriculum must also prepare young people to…

JL Dutaut
Dr Darren Paffey
Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

Missing! A piece of the admissions puzzle. A ministerial responsibility. Support for familes. And clarity from Ofsted.

JL Dutaut
Various
Stat of the nation

What’s really behind white low-income pupils’ underperformance?

A deep dive into new data reveals attention to this cohort is not just political grandstanding

JL Dutaut
John Jerrim
Opinion: CPD

Didagogy: Teacher training’s missing component

Despite recent progress, we’re still getting teacher and leader development wrong too often. This new concept hopes to put…

JL Dutaut
Professor Sam Twiselton
Opinion: Edtech

Moderation of practical assessments at scale is now a reality

Our recent pilot of an AI-powered assessment tool delivered highly reliable results and a reduction in workload. Now you…

JL Dutaut
Victoria Merrick
Opinion: Curriculum

Here’s what every ‘phonics for maths’ programme should deliver

Our new benchmarks aim to take the debate out of what the phrase means and set us on the…

JL Dutaut
Louise Pennington

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The Boardroom Leader

Governance in AP demands a non-mainstream approach

Alternative provision is not a footnote in the system. For the young people who need it, it is the…

Freddie Whittaker
Nicola Hall
Opinion

Talk isn’t cheap: it sets up a child to thrive in the classroom

Oracy must be nurtured across all settings – especially as navigating AI demands a mastery of language, says Michael…

Freddie Whittaker
Michael Gardner
Opinion
Small, remote schools are in line for extra NFF cash in 2022-23.

Small schools don’t need fixing. The system needs to learn from them

Headlines about small schools ‘escaping’ the DfE’s school improvement drive miss the point, writes Julie Kelly

Freddie Whittaker
Julie Kelly

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

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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