Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s proposals still need significant work

Parents may be happy, but there are still considerable risks surrounding the implementation of this new framework

JL Dutaut
Jenna Julius and Rebecca Wheater
The Business Leader

The windfall that could save schools a fortune

Good financial news is hard to come by for the education sector, so don’t miss this opportunity

JL Dutaut
Benedicte Yue and Steve Simkins
Opinion: Academy trusts

Trusts are Labour’s secret weapon to deliver greater inclusion

Academy trusts are uniquely placed to lead local efforts to provide the right placement for each child and the…

JL Dutaut
Dr Sam Parrett
Opinion: Attendance

Loose talk about attendance does more harm than good

We need policies that empower schools to work with families to welcome more children back through their gates

JL Dutaut
Tim Linehan
The Legal Leader

The Intradev breach is a wake-up call on cyber risk management

The time for naïve optimism on tech security is over. Here’s how school leaders can begin to make informed,…

JL Dutaut
Claire Archibald
Opinion: Inclusion

Policy must match Britain’s generosity to Ukraine’s children

Britain has a chance to take the lead in modelling what an inclusive education sector looks like for displaced…

JL Dutaut
Inna Hryhorovych
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s new toolkits are a gift for self-evaluation 

Ofsted have given us a safety net for implementing its new framework. We’d be fools not to use it

JL Dutaut
Jeremy Spencer
Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

Primary testing, the demise of a Schools Week standard, farming for engagement, chunking EHCPs, and a conspiracy flushed out

JL Dutaut
Various
Opinion: Careers

Four ways to get your students career-ready this academic year

With the new Gatsby benchmarks now enshrined in government guidance, here’s how schools can move careers education from add-on…

JL Dutaut
John Yarham

Must Read

Opinion

Social mobility can be harmful if it means ditching your roots

Schools need to replace deficit-based narratives with approaches that celebrate belonging, dignity and identity affirmation, says Danielle Lewis-Egonu

Freddie Whittaker
Danielle Lewis-Egnou
The Business Leader

The school business leader role has evolved, but do policymakers know?

Today’s practitioners lead across finance, estates, people, digital systems, governance and organisational improvement. The language we use has not…

Freddie Whittaker
Stephen Morales
Opinion

Given the choice, do we want SEND segregation in education?

If we accept specialist facilities should exist primarily to support inclusion, rather than as parallel systems, we must consider…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Vasilis Strogilos

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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