Energy costs

Rising energy costs are a teachable moment for the sector

The unregulated energy market within which schools operate leaves them vulnerable, writes Tim Warneford, but with vision and some…

JL Dutaut
TIM WARNEFORD
Community

Schools should be better prepared to deal with collective trauma

Senseless violence scarred our community and has taken years to heal, writes Chris Upton. We need better systems to…

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CHRIS UPTON
Community

How can we help pupils make sense of this war impartially?

Impartiality guidance doesn’t help teachers navigate the classroom dilemmas caused by this invasion, writes Jess Mahdavi-Gladwell, but some good…

JL Dutaut
JESS MADHAVI-GLADWELL
Community

Helping victims of this and every conflict in our schools

Schools are making incredible efforts to support Ukrainian and Russian students and must do the same for all children…

JL Dutaut
ANJUM PEERBACOS
Opinion: Curriculum

Diversifying literature? Talk to your librarian

The school library is the perfect place to showcase and support initiatives to offer pupils a broader English literature…

JL Dutaut
DANUTA ZALEGA
The Knowledge

How can schools narrow the disadvantage gap?

Regardless of support to deliver the ‘levelling up’ agenda, it’s every school’s mission – and research provides useful best…

JL Dutaut
NICK WOOD
Literacy

Dismissal of research leaves us stuck in the reading wars

Misinformed criticisms of our work show reconciliation of the reading wars is still some way off, write Alice Bradbury…

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ALICE BRADBURY and DOMINIC WYSE
Destinations

Long-term destinations data could transform schools – and lives

A new report shows the long-term data Ark are already using to guide students could be further enriched -…

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SARAH TAUNTON
Exams

Exams head us back to normality. Now for league tables

Ofqual is ensuring students get the exams they want in the fairest way possible, writes Gareth Stevens, but schools…

JL Dutaut
GARETH STEVENS

Must Read

Opinion

Why digital transformation must be a priority for schools in 2026

AI tools to improve teaching, workloads, admin and pupil results are all here – the challenge is to implement…

Freddie Whittaker
Chris Thackray
Opinion

First 16-year-old voters are already political, but they need schools’ support

Teenagers who will vote in 2029 are forming views without the structure or understanding schools should provide

Freddie Whittaker
Katie Carr
Opinion

Forget the buzzword bingo, here’s how schools can get belonging right

Children show us belonging is simple. If we see them, hear them, know them and accept them for who…

Freddie Whittaker
Anthony Benedict

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

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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