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Five government resolutions our teachers deserve for 2021

Our troubles are not at an end but we can lay the groundwork for a better post-Covid education system…

JL Dutaut

ALISON PEACOCK

Opinion

School leaders say the government must not expect schools themselves to run on-site daily testing.

A 7-step plan for running mass testing in schools

Over the past few weeks, three of our schools, all hard-hit by covid-related absence in the autumn term, participated…

John Dickens

HAMID PATEL

Opinion

Time and again school leaders have risen to the Covid challenge – but at what cost?

There is no doubt as we enter the final turbulent days of 2020 that the parameters that underpin our…

John Dickens

SIR DAVID CARTER

Opinion

School workforce data shows more teachers leaving the profession and sickness creeping up post-Covid

Making the best of tuition: tips for schools starting their NTP journey

The scope of the national tutoring programme and the breadth of providers and approaches are daunting. Simon Barnes sets…

JL Dutaut

SIMON BARNES

Opinion

Effective tutoring needs new thinking from school leaders

Tutoring can transform life outcomes for students – but ensuring the NTP’s success depends on school leaders understanding its…

JL Dutaut

JULIA SILVER

Opinion

Primary testing in a pandemic: what is it good for?

The government’s moves on primary testing are welcome but the tests that remain don’t fufil the purpose they’ve been…

JL Dutaut

ALICE BRADBURY

Covid

A new sense of perspective is carrying the profession through Covid

Teachers felt more positive about their schools during than before the pandemic and understanding why is important for the…

JL Dutaut

BEN ALDRIDGE

Opinion

How can we make school improvement sustainable?

Driving school improvement is first and foremost a question of capacity, writes Carole Willis I was delighted to be…

JL Dutaut

CAROLE WILLIS

Opinion

Ministers chose confrontation over collaboration when our communities needed them most

When the government issued Royal Greenwich with the threat of legal action on Monday night, I was completely shocked….

John Dickens

CLLR DANNY THORPE

Must Read

Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens

Sir Hamid Patel

Parental leave

Some schools have cracked parental leave – so why can’t everyone?

Education leaders must take note of a parliamentary debate last week on maternity and paternity pay, says Emma Sheppard

John Dickens

Emma Sheppard

Inclusion

Ofsted says identify children previously in care. But how?

Ofsted’s new focus will ensure children previously known to social care become more visible – but schools need better…

John Dickens

Kiran Gill

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

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

3mo

Sam Sykes

3mo

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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