Academies

It’s not for us to question Catholic school academy conversions 

Calls on the Catholic Education Service to ‘step in’ on controversial academy conversions show a secular misunderstanding of our…

JL Dutaut
PAUL BARBER
Inclusion

Measuring inclusion? Beware the unintended consequences

A new consultation proposes to drive inclusion through measuring attendance and exclusions but the cure could be worse than…

JL Dutaut
SARAH JOHNSON
Sexual abuse

A whole-system response to harmful sexual behaviours

Teachers are vital in our fight against an epidemic of harmful sexual behaviour, writes the safeguarding minister, and they…

JL Dutaut
RACHEL MACLEAN, MP
Exams
BTECs

Our exam mitigations have fairness at their heart

Some will question our decisions on mitigations and grade boundaries, writes Jo Saxton, but they are proportionate and focused…

JL Dutaut
JO SAXTON
Opinion

Talent is everywhere, opportunity is not

The government’s new policies will allow every child to benefit from education, no matter where they live, says Robin…

Freddie Whittaker
Robin Walker
Edtech
Ofsted special school

How an edtech audit transformed our provision

Free, genuine peer-to-peer advice that takes us as it finds us and leads to truly impactful change? Yes, please,…

JL Dutaut
MICHELLE SHAW
The Knowledge

How can schools begin to face up to systemic racism?

The White Spaces project highlights the challenges of unpicking systemic racism, but shows that doing so is within schools’…

JL Dutaut
DR SHONA HUNTER
Physical education

Why we scrapped PE for a healthier curriculum

Physical education is supposed to instil healthy habits for life in all our young people and it is fundamentally…

JL Dutaut
GARETH EVANS
Behaviour

Simplifying our behaviour systems changed our culture

A bottom-up approach to school improvement led us from simplifying our systems to a whole new trauma-informed culture, writes…

JL Dutaut
TOM BURT

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

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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