Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s ill-considered inclusion judgment is a poisoned chalice

As well intentioned and ambitious the key judgement is, the absence of detail will result in inconsistency across the…

JL Dutaut
Meena Wood
Opinion: Policy

It’s time to champion school support staff and boost their rights

Their pay and conditions are a priority for me as education secretary and will remain so if I become…

Freddie Whittaker
Bridget Phillipson
Opinion: SEND
SEND

Six changes Labour must make to the SEND code of practice

With a SEND white paper due this autumn, six professionals offer simple legislative changes they say would revolutionise inclusion…

JL Dutaut
Jude Macdonald
Opinion: Politics

Class politics: How old school voting habits are unravelling

A new poll showing private school alumni are most likely to vote for Labour reveals just how dramatically politics…

John Dickens
Louis O’Geran
Opinion: Solutions

Five steps to inclusive learning for children in care

The specific challenges children in care present to schools are far from insurmountable. Here’s how to make a start

JL Dutaut
Gitanjali Bhattacharya
Opinion: Funding

SEND funding must align with the government’s inclusive vision

Our reactive, deficit model of need is matched by our reactive funding model and budget deficits. Both need to…

JL Dutaut
Benedicte Yue and Dr Peter Gray
The Research Leader

Understanding and tackling violence against girls in schools

New research shows the worrying extent of violence against girls in and out of school and points to ways…

JL Dutaut
Dr Lauren Sullivan
The Boardroom Leader

Boards must step up to the growing challenge of SEND – here’s how

Here’s how our trust has put SEND at the heart of its boardroom decision-making and it’s having a transformative…

JL Dutaut
Charlotte Harding
Opinion: Accountability

We have to define ‘high stakes’ if we hope to lower them

If we want to dismantle the causes of school leaders’ wellbeing and mental health issues, we must start by…

JL Dutaut
Sinéad Mc Brearty

Must Read

The Boardroom Leader

Governance in AP demands a non-mainstream approach

Alternative provision is not a footnote in the system. For the young people who need it, it is the…

Freddie Whittaker
Nicola Hall
Opinion

Talk isn’t cheap: it sets up a child to thrive in the classroom

Oracy must be nurtured across all settings – especially as navigating AI demands a mastery of language, says Michael…

Freddie Whittaker
Michael Gardner
Opinion
Small, remote schools are in line for extra NFF cash in 2022-23.

Small schools don’t need fixing. The system needs to learn from them

Headlines about small schools ‘escaping’ the DfE’s school improvement drive miss the point, writes Julie Kelly

Freddie Whittaker
Julie Kelly

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

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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