The Knowledge

Five research insights that got us thinking in 2021/22

The last word of every Schools Week edition is often the first you’ll hear of new educational research that…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Funding
Most schools have taken at least one measure to reduce spending in the last year, a new survey shows

Falling pupil numbers require an urgent policy response

The Department for Education have just published their latest pupil projections for the next decade. These predict that there…

JL Dutaut
Jenna Julius
Opinion: Mental health

Mental health first aid is as important as physical first aid

St John Ambulance led the campaign to put physical first aid on the curriculum, writes one Year 13 volunteer,…

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Rebecca Edwards
Sexual abuse
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its final report

Creating an RSHE curriculum fit for today’s challenges

Events prompted us to revisit not just our curriculum but our entire approach to relationships education, writes Caroline Barlow,…

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Caroline Barlow
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…

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Patrick Nguipdop-Djomo and Punam Mangtani

Must Read

Opinion

Why digital transformation must be a priority for schools in 2026

AI tools to improve teaching, workloads, admin and pupil results are all here – the challenge is to implement…

Freddie Whittaker
Chris Thackray
Opinion

First 16-year-old voters are already political, but they need schools’ support

Teenagers who will vote in 2029 are forming views without the structure or understanding schools should provide

Freddie Whittaker
Katie Carr
Opinion

Forget the buzzword bingo, here’s how schools can get belonging right

Children show us belonging is simple. If we see them, hear them, know them and accept them for who…

Freddie Whittaker
Anthony Benedict

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

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David Spendlove
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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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