The Knowledge

The Great Resignation is here – but is it here to stay?

Teacher Tapp research shows concerns about headteacher resignations are well-founded but that the impacts may be mitigated in the…

JL Dutaut
Iain Ford
Alternative provision

If we’re all together, why is AP excluded again?

Another report denigrates and fails to include the voices of AP, writes Sarah Johnson, and until that ends it’s…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Opinion: Workforce

The Great Resignation: now is not the time to over-react

It’s been a tough few years for everyone in education, writes Dan Cowling, but let’s not jump to reforms…

JL Dutaut
Dan Cowling
Tutoring
tutoring Randstad Teach First

Tutoring stats will expose NTP issues, not school failure

Leaders are rightly frustrated at plans to ‘name and shame’ schools over tutoring take-up

Freddie Whittaker
STEVE ROLLETT
Digital divide

Digital poverty: Can edtech really close disadvantage gaps?

‘Digital maturity’ will remain an exclusive club until everyone is putting the needs of disadvantaged learners first, writes Joe…

JL Dutaut
Joe Hallgarten
The Knowledge

What are the common myths (and truths) about CPD?

Jen Barker summarises new US research on what works in CPD and adapts them to the English context -…

JL Dutaut
Jen Barker
Digital divide

Digital poverty: Not locked down, but still locked out

The digital divide is just another manifestation of deep-seated inequalities, writes Jane Reed, but it threatens to make gaps…

JL Dutaut
Jane Reed
Inclusion

Tips for creating a neurodiversity-inclusive classroom

Marking the end of autism awareness month, Georgia Fielding and James Grant set out some classroom-friendly tips for neurodiversity-inclusive…

JL Dutaut
Georgia Fielding and James Grant
Opinion: Sustainability

Sustainability strategy: High aspirations alone won’t fly

Governors stand ready to put sustainability at the heart of our schools, writes Emma Knights, but they’ll need more…

JL Dutaut
Emma Knights

Must Read

Opinion

Gove’s traditionalists won, but now they see what was lost

Militant discipline and explicit instruction delivered higher exam grades, but the debate has moved on as pupils disengage from…

Freddie Whittaker
Jon Hutchinson
The Research Leader

Pupil premium paperwork reveals schools snub effective strategies

Our review of 550 pupil premium strategies found many schools aren’t strategic at all – which suggests leaders need…

Freddie Whittaker
Emma Dobson
Opinion

Repairs to the school-parent contract must come from the top

The situation is not irreparable, and the first small steps have already been taken towards forging a more positive…

Freddie Whittaker
Victoria Hatton

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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