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Investment and reform should level up our co-curricular offer

A developed co-curricular should be an entitlement in every school. A few rule changes could make an extra into…

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Benjamin Cox
Opinion

How can we ensure teachers receive effective feedback?

Good feedback can be a powerful way to help teachers to become (even) more effective, writes Rob Coe We…

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Rob Coe
Opinion

Arts are not an extra but key to recovery

Lockdown has reaffirmed that the arts are vital for every pupil’s wellbeing and engagement, says Jo Barber Lockdown highlights…

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JO BARBER
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Vic Goddard

Amid confusing and contradictory government announcements, Vic Goddard opens his lockdown diary to reveal sleepless nights and a need…

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VIC GODDARD
Opinion

Extra flexibility, but RSE is more vital than ever

Flexibility around the implementation of relationships and sex education does not mean it has been delayed. So you best…

JL Dutaut
LUCY EMMERSON
Opinion

What does reopening look like across our school system?

Teacher Tapp data finds the “Big Thaw” is leaving many children out in the cold In early March, a…

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BAZ RAMAIAH
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Naureen Khalid

Trustee and chair of governors, Naureen Khalid opens her lockdown diary to reveal that governance in the time of…

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NAUREEN KHALID
Exams

Decisions are needed now on exams and accountability

This year’s exam disruption is far from the end of the story. Stephen Tierney suggests reforms to give teachers…

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STEPHEN TIERNEY
Opinion
Leading academy trusts United Learning and Oasis are among those pushing through diversity reforms.

Racism exists. End of story. So do something about it

Tackling racism is more than a duty. It is the promise of education, says Olayinka Ewuola The senseless killing…

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OLAYINKA EWUOLA

Must Read

Opinion: Policy

The House of Lords must protect academy freedoms

Hopes lie with peers that they can prevent the worst of this bill’s foreseeable consequences – and its…

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Meg Powell-Chandler
Opinion: Solutions
mental health

How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

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Finola Wilson
Opinion: Workforce

The sector has taken another big step in parent-teacher support

Developments at the National Education Union’s conference give hope that we may soon stem the flow of parents out…

JL Dutaut
Emma Sheppard

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,…

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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
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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,…

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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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