Covid

Year 8 writing recovery shows it may be time to talk about learning decay, not loss

Last year we found year 7s were 22 months behind in writing. Now they appear to be bouncing back

Freddie Whittaker
DAISY CHRISTODOULOU
Opinion: Accountability

Two years on, how has Ofsted’s inspection framework fared?

Its first two years have been marked by unprecedented disruption, write Jeffery Quaye and Mary Myatt, but the 2019…

JL Dutaut
DR JEFFERY QUAYE and MARY MYATT
Edtech

A digital strategy is necessary and achievable for every school

Leaders with a credible digital strategy are pushing at an open door to school improvement, and support is there…

JL Dutaut
DOMINIC NORRISH
The Knowledge

How can we secure the spirit of Covid collaboration for the future?

A Manchester initiative is showing how school-to-school collaborations are best placed to create the conditions for improvement, write Mel…

JL Dutaut
Professor Mel Ainscow and Dr Paul Armstrong
Exams

Exams: GCSE reform isn’t as simple as stick or twist

As clamour grows for post-Covid GCSE reform, it’s important we listen to the opinions of all those concerned, writes…

JL Dutaut
COLIN HUGHES
Spending review 2021

The spending review must fix the boat, not rely on liferafts

The spending review can only deliver a sustainable recovery and future prosperity if it is focused on children and…

JL Dutaut
CAROLE WILLIS
Opinion

Ministers’ response to poor white pupils inquiry is a waste of paper

The government’s response to the education select committee’s report into the educational underachievement of white pupils on free school…

John Dickens
KIM JOHNSON MP
Opinion: Workforce

Our recruitment woes can only be solved with ethical leadership

We can’t expect to solve recruitment challenges if we don’t accept our system only allows us to pass the…

JL Dutaut
ROBIN BEVAN
The Knowledge

How has the pandemic impacted special schools?

Our research shows that special schools were the hardest hit and leaders have little faith their plight is understood,…

JL Dutaut
CAROLINE SHARP and AMY SKIPP

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Opinion: Solutions

How to balance CPD at individual, school and trust level

Our work to enhance professional development across our trust reveals helpful ways forward for others and things ministers could…

JL Dutaut
Scott Hudson
Opinion: Inclusion

How can mainstream schools be more inclusive? 

A student panel at the Festival of Education demonstrated how small changes can make a big difference to young…

JL Dutaut
Francesca Martinez
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

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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