ITT review

ITT review: a major reform, but can it fulfil its promise?

The prize on offer from ITT reforms is substantial, writes David Weston, but challenges lie ahead for the policy…

JL Dutaut
DAVID WESTON
2021 in review

The year governance strode towards professionalisation

Looking back on the year in governance, Sharon Warmington welcomes pratices that have made governance more inclusive and new…

JL Dutaut
SHARON WARMINGTON
Opinion

A festive mission for your students from GCHQ

Security, cyber and intelligence agency, GCHQ traditionally hides a puzzle in the annual Christmas card from its director, Jeremy Fleming…

JL Dutaut
GCHQ
The Knowledge

How can we ensure teachers take up and benefit from CPD?

While reforms have removed much of the cost barrier to teachers accessing quality CPD, one important obstacle remains, explains…

JL Dutaut
CAT SCUTT
2021 in review

The year getting into ‘good trouble’ became necessary

Hanging onto our optimism as the virus rips through our special schools is hard, writes Frances Akinde, but we…

JL Dutaut
FRANCES AKINDE
2021 in review

The year a ‘return to normal’ only got further away

If 2020 was hard, 2021 has taken multi-tasking to a new level, writes Evelyn Forde. Yet the people in…

JL Dutaut
EVELYN FORDE
2021 in review

The year our unity in the face of Covid began to fray

Working in unity against Covid has seen the sector through three waves of Covid, writes Sarah Gallagher, and we…

JL Dutaut
SARAH GALLAGHER
2021 in review
2022 exams Williamson Covid

The year we forgot all about Gavin

A new education secretary and a new shadow team, but old problems continue to dog the sector and are…

JL Dutaut
ANNA MCSHANE
Opinion

New NPQs mean leadership improvement is in the cards

Teaching and leadership development will no longer be based on the equivalent of a tarot reading but on best-bet…

JL Dutaut
MATT HOOD

Must Read

Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens
Sir Hamid Patel
Parental leave

Some schools have cracked parental leave – so why can’t everyone? 

Education leaders must take note of a parliamentary debate last week on maternity and paternity pay, says Emma Sheppard

John Dickens
Emma Sheppard
Inclusion

Ofsted says identify children previously in care. But how?

Ofsted’s new focus will ensure children previously known to social care become more visible – but schools need better…

John Dickens
Kiran Gill

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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