Cabinet reshuffle

‘If you believe in what you’re doing, why would you bend?’

Love him or loathe him, Nick Gibb was made for the job of schools minister, says Jonathan Simons

John Dickens
JONATHAN SIMONS
Governance
DfE should consider extending the NLG support programme to good and outstanding schools, a new report has found

Why an ex-student as trustee will push Ark to new heights

Former students have been invited to apply for a unique new role on Ark Schools’ board of trustees. Director…

JL Dutaut
LIZ DAWSON
The Knowledge
The DfE could miss its target for secondary teacher trainees by more than half this year

Research: how can coaching lead to school improvement?

New research shows coaching can lead to school improvement, write Rachel Lofthouse and Trista Hollweck, and hints at best bets to make that…

JL Dutaut
RACHEL LOFTHOUSE* AND TRISTA HOLLWECK**
Opinion

Sexual abuse: Now is the time to set the tone for a new culture

Ane Vernon sets out the key policy requirements for dealing with reports of sexual abuse, and says school leaders…

JL Dutaut
ANE VERNON
Opinion

Transition: A giant step that needs more support than ever

As schools welcome new and returning pupils, the NFER’s Julie Nelson and Caroline Sharp warn transition may not be…

JL Dutaut
CAROLINE SHARP* AND JULIE NELSON**
Education Reform

Assessment reform must go hand-in-hand with resetting standards

There are no easy options for re-standardising exam results post-Covid, writes a former AQA director, and that’s reason enough…

JL Dutaut
DALE BASSETT
ITT

ITT Market Review: making good on a promising policy

Many objections to the ITT market review are simply incorrect, writes Sam Sims. But delivering on its promise will…

JL Dutaut
DR SAM SIMS
Education Reform

Teacher training needs reform, but the government’s review isn’t nearly ambitious enough

The government’s initial teacher training review has the potential to improve some aspects of provision, but could prove to…

Freddie Whittaker
JONATHAN MOUNTSTEVENS
Diversity

Diversity in academy leadership needs to improve. What can the sector do about it?

Alice Gregson and Ed Dorrell share insights from the first national survey on trust leadership diversity

Freddie Whittaker
ALICE GREGSON AND ED DORRELL

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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…

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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

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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,…

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…

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Stephen Caldwell
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