Opinion: Policy

Time for DfE leadership on diversifying the curriculum

It won’t do to say schools are free to diversify their content when workload and accountability make it impossible,…

JL Dutaut
EMMA SLATER
Opinion: Workforce

Why leave teachers out of the flexible working revolution?

Giving teachers the flexible working options everyone else now expects could stem an exodus, writes Emma Shingleton, and even…

JL Dutaut
EMMA SHINGLETON
Academies

There can be no reverse gear on academy freedoms

A growing body of policies and recommendations threaten to curtail the very purpose of academy trusts just when the…

JL Dutaut
MICHAEL PAIN
Covid

Anti-vaxxer threats show how alone headteachers are… again

Ignore the ‘liability notices’ about Covid vaccinations, writes Vic Goddard. The real liability is our government, who keep putting…

JL Dutaut
VIC GODDARD
Opinion

Research: Can schools actually tackle extremist ideologies?

New research sheds light on schools’ role in stemming radicalisation – and the challenges they face in doing it…

JL Dutaut
DR BECKY TAYLOR
Flexible working

Including Jewish teachers just requires a little faith

Accommodating time off for Jewish festivals isn’t just good practice, writes Madeleine Fresko-Brown, it’s a teachable moment for an…

JL Dutaut
MADELEINE FRESKO-BROWN
A level, Education Reform, post-16

Narrowing A level choices put students’ futures at risk

A level choices are less diverse than ever, with potential risks to students’ futures. Schools and policy makers alike…

JL Dutaut
DAVID ROBINSON
Admissions, Education Reform

Why wait? Admissions reform is in your hands

Responding to ASCL’s proposal to reform the admissions code, Ed Vainker and Rebecca Cramer say schools don’t need to…

JL Dutaut
ED VAINKER AND REBECCA CRAMER
Covid

Schools mustn’t follow the DfE in abandoning vulnerable families

The new Covid guidance is already leading some schools to punish clinically vulnerable families, writes Jo Maugham. The DfE…

JL Dutaut
JOLYON MAUGHAM

Must Read

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…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
Dr Nic Crossley
Opinion: Workforce

Why we’ve equalised parental pay – and the whole sector should too

There’s a raft of reasons why offering all parents the same parental leave benefits makes sense – for them…

JL Dutaut
Nicola Johnson

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

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
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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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