Remote learning

The triple jeopardy of deprivation for online learning

Pupils are back in the classroom but online learning is now part of the furniture, and that means barriers…

JL Dutaut
REKA BUDAI
Opinion: Workforce

Retention: adult bullying must be confronted head on

Heads are completely alone in the face of intimidation from parents and their communities, writes Rachel Smith, and it’s…

JL Dutaut
RACHEL SMITH
North-South divide, Pupil premium

Rishi Sunak must extend the pupil premium to level up our schools

Levelling up must mean tackling persistent inequalities in our school system, and the spending review offers an opportunity to…

JL Dutaut
JOHN STEVENSON, MP
Child poverty

The Universal Credit cut is also a cut to education

The work of schools to close attainment gaps becomes all the harder with every child who falls into poverty,…

JL Dutaut
DANIEL KEBEDE
Catch-up

Let’s stop talking about summer learning loss

Concerns about learning loss are especially current, but they may be misplaced when it comes to the summer break…

JL Dutaut
KATE KELLY
The Knowledge

What do teachers really think of CPD?

Iain Ford looks at Teacher Tapp data to read the runes for the new Early Career Framework and find…

JL Dutaut
IAIN FORD
Inclusion, LGBT+

Education’s next steps towards even greater LGBT+ inclusion

A new report reveals how much the LGBT+ school experience has changed, writes George Ryan, and sets out the…

JL Dutaut
GEORGE RYAN
Operation Warm Welcome, Refugees
A study will look at the Covid legacy for Year 11 pupils.

Maths can give a warmer welcome than any ‘values lessons’

As the UK Government rolls out Operation Warm Welcome, Dr Ems Lord says compulsory values lessons are a far…

JL Dutaut
DR EMS LORD
Politics

Labour’s policies reveal dividing lines are forming

Starmer’s conference pledges lack detail, but it would be unfair to expect a fully-developed platform at this stage, writes…

Freddie Whittaker
TOM RICHMOND

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

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
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,…

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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