Opinion: 2024 in review

Alternative Provision demand grows, but barriers persist

Alternative provision has grabbed the attention of policy makers aiming for a more inclusive system – but little has…

JL Dutaut
Charlotte Barton
The Review

Books for Christmas: Stocking fillers for every teacher

New education titles to make any teacher’s Christmas special and kick-start a new year of growth – as selected…

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Opinion: Sustainability

How schools can finally go green in 2025

Schools are required to have sustainability leads and plans in place by next year – but support is growing…

JL Dutaut
Hannah Gains
Opinion: Policy

Labour’s plans show it gets trusts’ vital role

The provisions in the new education bill show Labour have found a new confidence to work with trusts and…

JL Dutaut
Dr Tim Coulson
Opinion: SEND

Labour must rethink its policy of managed decline for specialist provision

£740 million to increase mainstream capacity for specialist provision risks a boon to hedge funds and a disaster for…

JL Dutaut
Warren Carratt
2024 in review

The year we went beyond ‘Insta-solutions’?

Over-reliance on special schools has finally been acknowledged, but the fix could be worse if it isn’t properly thought…

JL Dutaut
Sabrina Hobbs
Opinion: Politics

What schools can expect from our new wellbeing bill

The minister for school standardssets out the ambitions and provisions of the children’s wellbeing and schools bill, published today

JL Dutaut
Catherine McKinell
Opinion: Accountability

How our new equity scorecard is helping schools close the gaps

The equity scorecard is already being piloted in schools and the feedback is overwhelmingly positive

JL Dutaut
Lee Elliot Major OBE and Matthew Shanks
2024 in review

The year our challenges were finally acknowledged

Labour have started the ball rolling where they can this year, but secondary schools still face an ongoing uphill…

JL Dutaut
Patrick Cozier

Must Read

The Curriculum Conversation

How to embed oracy as the national curriculum’s ‘fourth R’

Weaving oracy through all subjects can be focal point for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole….

JL Dutaut
Geoff Barton
Opinion: SEND

A golden opportunity to help fix our broken SEND system

A new consultation invites schools and trusts to lead the way in fixing our broken SEND system

JL Dutaut
Andrew O’Neill
Opinion: Policy

We can’t advise our way to school improvement

Failing to deal with legal and regulatory divisions will hamper the government’s attempts to drive up standards – but…

JL Dutaut
Matt Hood

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

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
Exams
The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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