Local authorities

The DfE is our biggest LA and should be in special measures

On intent, implementation and impact alike, the DfE is failing the school system, writes Alan Wood, and the crux…

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ALAN WOOD CBE
Governance

A new era for National Leaders of Governance

Five fundamental changes to the NLG programme will ensure it will fulfil its original founding premise, writes Emma Knights…

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EMMA KNIGHTS
Covid

How schools delivered food parcels and curriculum during lockdown

A new report highlights the creative ways schools partnered to learn from each other and continue to develop during…

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KATE CHHATWAL
Opinion

It’s time to rethink our monochrome remembrance school traditions

We seem to be reaching ‘peak red poppy’, writes Will Yates, and diversifying our symbolism could be key to…

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WILL YATES
The Knowledge

How can we make best use of the pupil premium for recovery?

Professor Becky Francis sets out the benefits of using the EEF’s updated guide to target pupil premium spending and…

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BECKY FRANCIS
Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships are key to unlocking our science superpower

Schools must value and recommend apprenticeships if we are ever to become a ‘science superpower’, writes Jo Foster

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JO FOSTER
Opinion

How to manage reputational risk in a digital era

As more schools are forced to deal with online criticism, Emma Yates and Peter Davenport set out how to…

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EMMA YATES AND PETER DAVENPORT
Opinion: Accountability

The error in claiming an Ofsted ‘reign of terror’

These challenging times are not a reason to fear inspectors but an opportunity to seek their validation of our…

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MOHSEN OJJA
Climate change

The education for sustainability teachers and students really want

Teachers and young people want their schools to be leaders in sustainability, write Lynda Dunlop and Elizabeth Rushton, and…

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LYNDA DUNLOP AND ELIZABETH RUSHTON

Must Read

Labour’s first year

We’ve laid the foundations. Now we build

Education secretary says her government’s work so far is just the beginning, and here’s what comes next …

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Bridget Phillipson
Labour’s first year

Engaging trusts is key to the opportunity mission’s success

Ministers have shown they can listen to the sector. More of that will be necessary as the details of…

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Leora Cruddas
Labour’s first year

SEND: Hope still prevails, but Labour must learn to listen

Treating the specialist and alternative sectors as afterthoughts means ministers have missed chances to progress towards a more inclusive…

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Dr Nic Crossley

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
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EXAMS

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
Exams
The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

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Stephen Caldwell
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