The Knowledge

The Knowledge: This week’s research highlights

Our commissioning editor delves into an EEF report that has reignited the reading wars and left teachers none the…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Oak National Academy

Independence is just the start of the new Oak’s problems

Plans to re-launch Oak National as an independent body are already running into legal challenges, and could be mired…

JL Dutaut
Martyn Davis
PSHE, safeguarding

Supporting schools to tackle and prevent gambling harms

A new framework is designed to help teachers and leaders approach the growing concern of gambling harms with confidence,…

JL Dutaut
Dr Jane Rigbye


Opinion: Mental health

Schools need more support for students’ mental health

On World Mental Health Day, Allie Denholm says there’s a lot schools can do to support pupils with increasing…

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Allie Denholm
The Knowledge

The Knowledge: This week’s research highlights

School leaders’ changing approaches to recruitment and retention, effective CPD, and the impact of the cost of living on…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Opinion: SEND

SEND: Why we’re going beyond inclusion to belonging

With the SEND review in the balance, Marios Solomonides explains why his trust is taking matters into its own…

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Marios Solomonides
NTP

NTP: Better, faster evaluation data is now urgent

An absence of positive and compelling evidence is putting the tutoring programme at risk, writes Adam Alagiah-Glomseth

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Adam Alagiah-Glomseth
Higher education access

Equality of opportunity requires a united education sector

New school-university partnerships could reshape the sector’s capacity and boost equality of opportunity, explains John Blake

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John Blake
Conservative Party Conference

“Brilliant!” Gullis warms the fringe of an icy Tory conference

Gallows humour and Gullis high spirits gave welcome light relief from the open warfare on the floor of this…

JL Dutaut
Jonathan Simons

Must Read

Opinion

Gove’s traditionalists won, but now they see what was lost

Militant discipline and explicit instruction delivered higher exam grades, but the debate has moved on as pupils disengage from…

Freddie Whittaker
Jon Hutchinson
The Research Leader

Pupil premium paperwork reveals schools snub effective strategies

Our review of 550 pupil premium strategies found many schools aren’t strategic at all – which suggests leaders need…

Freddie Whittaker
Emma Dobson
Opinion

Repairs to the school-parent contract must come from the top

The situation is not irreparable, and the first small steps have already been taken towards forging a more positive…

Freddie Whittaker
Victoria Hatton

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,…

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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

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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

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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,…

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James Handscombe

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