Opinion

Action is needed now on school ventilation

We can’t allow complacency to set in as we battle Covid. Ventilation remains a major issue for schools and…

JL Dutaut
PROFESSOR AZEEM MAJEED
Opinion

Is the teacher regulator a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

The regulator may be ‘stronger and clearer’, but if it’s leaving teachers feeling like empty husks then the balance…

JL Dutaut
ANDREW FAUX
Opinion

MAT growth: Five lessons from staff to get everyone on board

Staff buy-in is an important part of increasing the scope of MATs. A new survey reveals encouraging trends and…

JL Dutaut
LEORA CRUDDAS
Opinion
Overall stress levels among school staff, including teachers and teaching assistants, have increased compared to 2021

Recovery? School leaders need it as much as their students

Leaders have a chance to rest and reflect over Easter. Ministers should do the same and come up with…

JL Dutaut
RUTH DAVIES
Opinion

The policy of MAT expansion needs careful scrutiny

If successive ministers can’t even agree on how to define a large MAT, there should definitely be more debate…

JL Dutaut
EMMA KNIGHTS
Opinion

Teaching School Hubs ensure the recovery will be school-led

It’s a change that has garnered little attention, but the new Teaching School Hubs could transform the way we…

JL Dutaut
MATT DAVIS
The Knowledge

Research: Is a return to normality what Year 6 pupils need?

New research reveals that potentially damaging ‘dividing practices’ are a normal consequence of the pressure of SATs, writes Alice…

JL Dutaut
ALICE BRADBURY
Opinion

How to ease the transition back to school for young carers

As schools reopen, young carers’ needs and concerns remain high. Feylyn Lewis sets out ways schools can support them…

JL Dutaut
DR FEYLYN LEWIS
Opinion

Lockdown lessons: Schools deserve better than back to normal

Announcements and noises off don’t inspire confidence that ministers have learned the lessons of lockdown, writes Kate Chhatwal A…

JL Dutaut
KATE CHHATWAL

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Another way for school readiness, why phone bans ARE the brave choice and enrichment’s GCSE blinkers problem

Freddie Whittaker
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Opinion: school funding

5 helpful ways ministers can support schools to cut costs

With this week’s budget expected to offer little for squeezed schools, one trust leader outlines suggestions for ministers to…

John Dickens
Keziah Featherstone
School structures

Why the MAT debate misses the real opportunity

School-led partnerships offer the benefits of trusts without the restructuring, and work for schools that want to collaborate but…

John Dickens
Stephen Hall

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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

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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