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Eton reaches out. So who benefits?

The public school’s elitist reputation will be softened and some young people will benefit, but for Eton to invest…

JL Dutaut

FRANCIS GREEN

The Knowledge

Research: What is self-efficacy and why does it matter?

National Thank A Teacher Day matters, writes Cat Scutt, but the concept of self-efficacy means there are good reasons to celebrate school…

JL Dutaut

CAT SCUTT

Opinion: SEND

The SEND system needs urgent and substantive reform

The SEND system has been waiting two years for promised reform and it can’t afford to wait any longer,…

JL Dutaut

WHITNEY CRENNA-JENNINGS

Opinion

TAG appeals are Ofqual’s mess. Let them own it

Disgruntled parents won’t like hearing they can’t easily appeal their children’s grades, writes Dennis Sherwood, but there’s an easy…

JL Dutaut

DENNIS SHERWOOD

Opinion

Cultural capital is hairspray. What our system needs is a new ‘do’

The limited definition of cultural capital endorsed by Ofsted risks stopping us from dealing with the root causes of…

JL Dutaut

DR JEFFERY QUAYE

Opinion: Workforce

The road to workforce equity in schools is still a long one

Edurio’s new report highlights how much work still needs to be done to break down barriers to equity, writes…

JL Dutaut

LEORA CRUDDAS

Opinion: SEND

Our defences are not ready for this tsunami of SEND referrals

At the Westminster Insight SEND conference, Sonia Blandford says government is ignoring a worrying rise in SEND and CAHMS…

JL Dutaut

Professor Sonia Blandford

Opinion: Curriculum

Exploring Windrush is vital to diversifying history in schools

On National Windrush Day, Stephen Bourne reflects on the history curriculum and the importance bringing black British civil rights…

JL Dutaut

STEPHEN BOURNE

Opinion

What do we know about the hidden lives of learners?

This week’s research looks at one man’s efforts to uncover the processes of learning and memory from the hidden…

JL Dutaut

HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD

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

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

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

2mo

Sam Sykes

2mo

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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