Opinion

How to manage reputational risk in a digital era

As more schools are forced to deal with online criticism, Emma Yates and Peter Davenport set out how to…

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EMMA YATES AND PETER DAVENPORT
Opinion: Accountability

The error in claiming an Ofsted ‘reign of terror’

These challenging times are not a reason to fear inspectors but an opportunity to seek their validation of our…

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MOHSEN OJJA
Climate change

The education for sustainability teachers and students really want

Teachers and young people want their schools to be leaders in sustainability, write Lynda Dunlop and Elizabeth Rushton, and…

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LYNDA DUNLOP AND ELIZABETH RUSHTON
Climate change

How to tackle climate uncertainty without the anxiety

It’s possible to teach climate change without adding to student anxieties, teacher workload or accountability stakes, write Rebecca Webb…

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REBECCA WEBB AND PERPETUA KIRBY
Covid

Year 8 writing recovery shows it may be time to talk about learning decay, not loss

Last year we found year 7s were 22 months behind in writing. Now they appear to be bouncing back

Freddie Whittaker
DAISY CHRISTODOULOU
Opinion: Accountability

Two years on, how has Ofsted’s inspection framework fared?

Its first two years have been marked by unprecedented disruption, write Jeffery Quaye and Mary Myatt, but the 2019…

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DR JEFFERY QUAYE and MARY MYATT
Edtech

A digital strategy is necessary and achievable for every school

Leaders with a credible digital strategy are pushing at an open door to school improvement, and support is there…

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DOMINIC NORRISH
The Knowledge

How can we secure the spirit of Covid collaboration for the future?

A Manchester initiative is showing how school-to-school collaborations are best placed to create the conditions for improvement, write Mel…

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Professor Mel Ainscow and Dr Paul Armstrong
Exams

Exams: GCSE reform isn’t as simple as stick or twist

As clamour grows for post-Covid GCSE reform, it’s important we listen to the opinions of all those concerned, writes…

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COLIN HUGHES

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

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Rebecca Maw
Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

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Cllr Zena Brabazon
Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

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Poppy Nobes

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,…

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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

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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,…

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James Handscombe
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