Schools white paper

The week that will shape Nadhim Zahawi’s legacy

This week’s DfE publications will shape how the education secretary is remembered, writes Yvonne Williams, so let’s hope he’s…

JL Dutaut
Yvonne Williams
E-safety

The online safety bill will do little to protect children

Children appear to have been altogether ignored in the drafting of this bill and there’s little evidence it’ll make…

JL Dutaut
Jen Persson
The Knowledge

Research: What support might students need with ‘normal’ exams?

Students will need extra support to prepare for exams that may feel normal to us but are completely new…

JL Dutaut
Tee McCaldin and Hannah Wilkinson


Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted complaints procedures are a cause for concern

Our experience shows a regulator so intent on being right, it simply can’t admit to getting it wrong, writes…

JL Dutaut
Nick Osborne
SEND review

SEND green paper: a chance to call out failures and mobilise

I’ve seen the system from every angle and none is flattering, writes Barney Angliss. It’s time to demand better…

JL Dutaut
Barney Angliss
Tutoring

Randstad: Reducing catch-up challenge to a political football is wrong

The delivery of NTP has come with challenges, but we are committed to growing the programme, writes Karen Guthrie

Samantha Booth
Karen Guthrie
Opinion: Curriculum

Inclusive Britain: a chance to right our history curriculum

A review will finally support teachers and schools to put our ‘hidden heritage’ in its rightful place across the…

JL Dutaut
Blondel Cluff
Design and technology

Low take-up of design and technology threatens the government’s ambitions

Government ambitions to stimulate technology, engineering and manufacturing could be threatened by dwindling take-up of relevant subjects, writes Sam…

JL Dutaut
Sam Tuckett
key stage 4

Are KS4 performance statistics still doing their job?

The office for statistics regulation is reviewing the use of KS4 performance stats and you can be part of…

JL Dutaut
Emily Carless and Nicky Pearce

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

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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