Education Reform

Teacher training needs reform, but the government’s review isn’t nearly ambitious enough

The government’s initial teacher training review has the potential to improve some aspects of provision, but could prove to…

Freddie Whittaker
JONATHAN MOUNTSTEVENS
Diversity

Diversity in academy leadership needs to improve. What can the sector do about it?

Alice Gregson and Ed Dorrell share insights from the first national survey on trust leadership diversity

Freddie Whittaker
ALICE GREGSON AND ED DORRELL
Opinion

Supporting students to take control of leaked explicit images

A new tool helps young people remove explicit images of themselves from the internet, but it is only a…

JL Dutaut
Suzanne Houghton
Opinion

Alternative Provision: A results day like no other

Gerry Robinson reflects on her first results day as a leader in Alternative Provision, and the heightened sense of…

JL Dutaut
GERRY ROBINSON
Opinion

Girls in STEM: A cause for celebration, not complacency

GCSE and A level results give grounds to rejoice about girls’ success in STEM subjects, but there is a…

JL Dutaut
DR JO FOSTER
Exams

To be fair, we can do better than exams

Ministers’ clamour to return to our pre-pandemic exams system is founded on an impoverished idea of fairness, writes Jo-Anne…

JL Dutaut
JO-ANNE BAIRD
Opinion

Appeals can’t be allowed to fuel further disadvantage

Misinformation could lead to mass dissatisfaction with this year’s results and the best remedy is an appeal to reason,…

JL Dutaut
YVONNE WILLIAMS
Exams

Next year’s exams could be statistically contentious if we don’t act now

Clear conversations about next year’s exams are needed right away, writes Sharon Witherspoon The last two years have been…

Jess Staufenberg
Sharon Witherspoon
Opinion

Ahead of results, let’s remember how hard everyone’s worked

Both the workload and the level of responsibility staff have shouldered in providing accurate results need to be duly…

Jess Staufenberg
Julie McCulloch

Must Read

Opinion

Gove’s traditionalists won, but now they see what was lost

Militant discipline and explicit instruction delivered higher exam grades, but the debate has moved on as pupils disengage from…

Freddie Whittaker
Jon Hutchinson
The Research Leader

Pupil premium paperwork reveals schools snub effective strategies

Our review of 550 pupil premium strategies found many schools aren’t strategic at all – which suggests leaders need…

Freddie Whittaker
Emma Dobson
Opinion

Repairs to the school-parent contract must come from the top

The situation is not irreparable, and the first small steps have already been taken towards forging a more positive…

Freddie Whittaker
Victoria Hatton

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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