Opinion

Is future multi-academy trust consolidation inevitable?

Unless the DfE provides an incentive, only a small number of MAT mergers are likely to take place. Dr Chris Hampshire explains…

JL Dutaut
CHRIS HAMPSHIRE
Opinion: SEND
SEN pupil numbers with EHC plans continue to rise.

School support is vital for families being let down by the SEN system

Getting the right placement is fraught and unduly challenging, and school support is vital to families’ uphill battle, writes…

JL Dutaut
MOLLIE BENJAMIN
Opinion

Lost generation? This could be the luckiest!

Covid has been damaging in the short-term, but its legacy could see this generation of students benefit from a…

JL Dutaut
MATTHEW KLEINER-MANN
Opinion

It turns out teachers aren’t being trusted on grades

On Thursday evening, Ofqual sneaked out a major and fundamental shift in the quality assurance process for this summer’s…

John Dickens
JONNY UTTLEY
Opinion

The recovery will need funding – but just what sums are required?

New analysis by the EPI shows the scale of ambition needed to ensure the pandemic recovery plan sets children’s…

JL Dutaut
LUKE SIBIETA
Opinion: Curriculum
Leading academy trusts United Learning and Oasis are among those pushing through diversity reforms.

Classrooms are vital to the fight against racism

Stephen Lawrence Day is a reminder that while fighting racism is complex, the educational goal is a simple one,…

JL Dutaut
DEBORAH LAWSON
Opinion

A tribute to a great patron for teaching and teachers

The passing of the Chartered College’s patron punctuates a challenging year for the profession but the Duke of Edinburgh’s…

JL Dutaut
ALISON PEACOCK
Sexual abuse
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its final report

Everyone’s Invited: Policies alone can’t solve the problems

The sector’s response to sexual harassment clearly requires improvement, but policies holding schools responsible for society’s ills won’t fix…

JL Dutaut
LUCY HARRIS
Opinion

Let’s consign grades to the educational graveyard

All awarding systems must discriminate but our grades discriminate in all the wrong ways, writes Dennis Sherwood Grades, grades,…

JL Dutaut
DENNIS SHERWOOD

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

How to balance CPD at individual, school and trust level

Our work to enhance professional development across our trust reveals helpful ways forward for others and things ministers could…

JL Dutaut
Scott Hudson
Opinion: Policy

Resits are not the right tool to deliver numeracy for all

The evidence is clear that the resits policy leads to a cycle of failure that worst affects the least…

JL Dutaut
Sam Sims
Opinion: Inclusion

How can mainstream schools be more inclusive? 

A student panel at the Festival of Education demonstrated how small changes can make a big difference to young…

JL Dutaut
Francesca Martinez

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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