The Knowledge

Are closed questions enough for national curriculum tests?

Open and closed questions both have their advantages and drawbacks, write Katie Colwill and Philippa Green, and there are…

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KATIE COLWILL and PHILIPPA GREEN
Racism

Reconciling schools and artists after the Clanchy controversy

Controversy mustn’t hinder children’s access to artists in our schools, writes Bennie Kara, but we must balance artistic freedom…

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Bennie Kara
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New DfE data shows a stark drop in undergrad teacher trainees gaining QTS last year

What next for an ECF that is already failing new teachers and mentors?

Halfway through its first year, the ECF has already become a straitjacket, writes Sam Strickland, but its promise can…

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SAM STRICKLAND
Exams

Exams: is there an alternative to ‘back to normal’?

Schools may be relieved to recover a sense of normality, write Mick Waters and Tim Brighouse, but there are…

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Tim Brighouse and Mick Waters
The Knowledge

What do schools need to level up literacy post-Covid?

We all understand how important it is that we support and encourage our children to read for pleasure. The…

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LOUISE JOHNS-SHEPHERD
Energy costs

Rising energy costs are a teachable moment for the sector

The unregulated energy market within which schools operate leaves them vulnerable, writes Tim Warneford, but with vision and some…

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TIM WARNEFORD
Community

Schools should be better prepared to deal with collective trauma

Senseless violence scarred our community and has taken years to heal, writes Chris Upton. We need better systems to…

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CHRIS UPTON
Community

How can we help pupils make sense of this war impartially?

Impartiality guidance doesn’t help teachers navigate the classroom dilemmas caused by this invasion, writes Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell, but some good…

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JESS MADHAVI-GLADWELL
Community

Helping victims of this and every conflict in our schools

Schools are making incredible efforts to support Ukrainian and Russian students and must do the same for all children…

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ANJUM PEERBACOS

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

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Rebecca Maw
Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

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Cllr Zena Brabazon
Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

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Poppy Nobes

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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

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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