The Knowledge

How has the pandemic impacted special schools?

Our research shows that special schools were the hardest hit and leaders have little faith their plight is understood,…

JL Dutaut
CAROLINE SHARP and AMY SKIPP
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s maths research review could lead to poorer teaching

School leaders and teachers for tips to improve maths teaching would do better to follow the national curriculum’s principles,…

JL Dutaut
ANNE WATSON AND JENNI BACK
Mental health

Stressed teachers can’t fight the child mental health crisis

A childhood mental health crisis is upon us, writes Brigid Wells, and having over-worked teachers on the front line…

JL Dutaut
BRIGID WELLS
Opinion: Curriculum

Tackling racism and rape culture is curriculum work

With time and training every teacher can start tackling oppressive narratives in their classroom, writes Joy Mbakwe. And once…

JL Dutaut
JOY MBAKWE
Opinion: Workforce

Teacher shortages won’t be solved with financial incentives

Boris Johnson’s plans to drive teachers into challenging schools with £3,000 won’t work, writes Ben Newmark. There are better…

JL Dutaut
BEN NEWMARK
The Knowledge

Is there a better, or best, classroom layout?

How best to set up a classroom seems too complex for research to solve, but Cat Scutt finds there…

JL Dutaut
CAT SCUTT
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

Must Read

Opinion

Teachers need support to defend diversity from far-right attacks

As the prime minister has affirmed, we will not surrender our flag. Nor will we surrender our future to…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nikos Savvas
Opinion

You can’t build inclusion on calming spaces alone

Space is not the same as capacity. It’s a key difference that matters, writes Dr Nic Crossley

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nic Crossley
Opinion

How note-taking and AI reading aids could work together to support learning

If designed and used carefully, perhaps AI need not replace or diminish established learning practices, but can instead complement…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Jake Hofman

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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