Opinion

The new times-tables tests will get no love from teachers

Times-tables are important but the government’s latest test is a complete waste of time for schools, argues Nick Brook….

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

Times-tables tests: What do schools need to know?

The government is keen to reassure heads that its new times-tables test won’t become just another stick to beat…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

The essential school guide to GDPR

The general data protection regulations (GDPR) aren’t just for schools; they apply to every European organisation that handles personal…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Five ways the DfE has damaged teacher recruitment

Teacher training has always been too important to dabble with, as the implications of not getting the very best…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Multi-academy trusts are driving EdTech innovation

Multi-academy trusts used to be an afterthought for software developers, but no longer, explains Joshua Perry School software has…

Joshua Perry
Joshua Perry
Opinion

How much should MAT CEOs be paid?

MAT CEO pay is in the public eye again and, given how high it is, it’s right that trustees…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Five solutions for teacher retention and development

The numbers quitting teaching are becoming a full-blown crisis. David Weston presents five solutions that might stem the tide…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Battle of the schools: which one gets closed?

In the summer of 2013, the health secretary was stopped in his tracks. Jeremy Hunt’s decision to close the…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

How can we better support EAL pupils?

EAL pupils are not a remotely homogeneous group, and we’re foolish to treat them as such, writes Jo Hutchinson One…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor

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Research

How can we map the way to educational equity?

Loic Menzies looks at how we should define a fair education system, and how we might achieve one …

John Dickens
Loic Menzies
MATs

Why ‘outstanding’ schools should join a MAT (and how to find the right one)

The incentives seem to encourage ‘outstanding’ schools to keep going it alone but there are very good reasons to…

JL Dutaut
James Ellis
Election 2024

How schools could be at the centre of Labour’s Sure Start 2.0 plan

New IFS findings will boost the calls for Labour to revive its once flagship policy, says Ed Dorrell. He…

John Dickens
Ed Dorrell

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…

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Stephen Caldwell
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