Opinion

Government promised transparency, but school leaders have been left in the dark

The response within Government to Covid-19 has been highly centralised, where decisions are conveyed but not necessarily explained. This…

John Dickens
NICK BROOK
Opinion
Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic

Warming the cold spots of alternative provision

A new report on the state of alternative provision makes for some dire reading but there’s plenty of evidence…

JL Dutaut
CATH MURRAY
Opinion

How should schools support transitions this summer and beyond?

Primary-to-secondary transition faces new challenges as a result of the Covid crisis but recent research can help ensure schools…

JL Dutaut
ELLIE MULCAHY
Opinion

Building on this ‘mindful pause’ for education

Whatever is in store for education post lockdown, we can be sure that the foundational skills of mindfulness will…

JL Dutaut
Adrian Bethune and Professor Katherine Weare
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Jo Southby

As her schools prepare to launch Oak Academy resources amid new routines and new challenges, Jo Southby opens up…

JL Dutaut
JO SOUTHBY
Opinion

Our new report must inform the roadmap to reopening

A new report from the Chartered College of Teaching has gathered evidence from around the world and must inform…

JL Dutaut
ALISON PEACOCK
Opinion

The digital divide affects teachers as well as their pupils

As schools settle into more sustained use of online learning tools, attention needs to be paid to teachers’ development…

JL Dutaut
PATRICK ROACH
Opinion

Should teachers be evaluating the impact of what they do?

A new paper looks at what we know about teachers’ evaluation skills and their impact on outcomes. Jonathan Haslam…

JL Dutaut
JONATHAN HASLAM
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Debra Rutley

In the second instalment of our series following the impacts of lockdown on the personal and professional lives of…

JL Dutaut
DEBRA RUTLEY

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…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
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,…

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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