Opinion | Schools Week

Covid

Plotting a ten-year course is the sensible response to Covid

A ten-year education plan like Blackpool’s is precisely the kind of policymaking our communities need and deserve, writes Frank…

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FRANK NORRIS

Opinion

We must secure education technology’s great leap forward

Education technology has taken great strides in the past year. Now the legacy of its impact must be secured…

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GAVIN WILLIAMSON

Opinion

Our assessment system contributes to poor mental health

There is plenty of inspiration to draw on worldwide if we seek to reform our assessment system – as…

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OLLY NEWTON

Opinion: Workforce

How can teachers’ learning contribute to better inclusion?

Inclusion is a constant teacher priority and our research shows some forms of professional learning foster more effective approaches…

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Professor Rachel Lofthouse and Dr Mhairi C. Beaton

Opinion: Workforce

Discrimination against BAME school business professionals is nothing new

A new report into diversity among school business professionals (SBPs) offers new insights into this under-researched workforce, writes Sandy…

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SANDY TOMLINSON

The lockdown diary

Vax on. Vax off.

Ian Thorssteinsson opens his lockdown diary to reveal it’s been another week of resilience-building in education leadership

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IAN THORSTEINSSON

Opinion

Alternative provision infrastructure is at risk and that’s bad for everyone

The lack of referrals during the Covid crisis means that funding for alternative provision is likely to be reduced…

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SARAH DOVE

Opinion

Let’s make school streets safer for good

The creation of car-free school streets would be a huge help in combating the high levels of air pollution…

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SIOBHAN BAILLIE

Opinion

Will the current lockdown ease financial pressures on schools?

A new report by the NFER shows that regardless of lockdown all schools are struggling with Covid-related schools and…

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JENNA JULIUS

Must Read

Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

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

Freddie Whittaker

Various

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

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

University clearing: How teachers can support students

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens

4mo

Sam Sykes

4mo

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

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