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Our complex system leaves too many schools to navigate their way alone

Localism isn’t a problem in itself but the lack of mechanisms for sharing best practice is, writes Toby Greany…

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TOBY GREANY

Opinion

How are maths departments responding to the challenge of blended learning?

UCL Institute of Education drew on their research network to find out how maths departments were adapting to closures…

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DR BECKY TAYLOR

Opinion

The class of 2021 could end up being the most disadvantaged in recent memory

The biggest looming crisis in education is at risk of being missed in the frenetic news cycle, writes Eleanor…

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ELEANOR HARRISON

Opinion

Knee-jerk government directives could cause an outbreak of early retirements

Expert senior leadership teams have supported one another, but they must now be afforded the space to make decisions…

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SARAH RAY

Opinion

Teachers’ time is being wasted on inconsistent marking methods

The Teacher Assessment Framework used to mark writing in primary school takes a long time to apply – and…

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DAISY CHRISTODOULOU

Opinion

What school leaders need to know about HSE spot checks

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published an Education eBulletin on 4 September announcing its intention that, alongside businesses,…

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HAYLEY DUNN

Opinion

Parental engagement is key to overcoming continued disruption

Now is the time for all schools to act on the stand-out lesson from lockdown – that partnerships are…

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LEORA CRUDDAS

Opinion

Care is needed for an exhausted school business community

School business professionals have worked their magic again this summer – but like hand sanitiser, stores of fairy dust…

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MICON METCALFE

Opinion

Have changing attitudes made masks this season’s must-have?

Laura McInerney explores Teacher Tapp data showing evolving attitudes to face coverings in schools Dystopia is not what it…

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LAURA MCINERNEY

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Opinion: Policy

How we’ve boosted social mobility in our deprived area

Here’s how we went from persistently low outcomes to the most improved school in the country for disadvantaged students

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Steve Rogers

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Opinion: Governance

Local governance is key to community cohesion

This volunteers’ week, let’s pledge to better support our governors as the community champions they are in these times…

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Emma Balchin

Opinion: Governance

How we’re bucking the trend and recruiting great governors

Amid a national shortage of governors, here’s how our group has had success in recruiting and retaining professionals who…

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Jenny Pharo

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,…

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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

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David Spendlove

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,…

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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…

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Stephen Caldwell

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