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Now the government must show it can stick to its guns

This week’s announcement gives welcome certainty but the true test is whether the department can work out how to…

JL Dutaut

ANNA MCSHANE

Opinion

No more excuses for failing to adopt flexible working

Opportunities for career progression to school leadership roles are limited for those who do not work full-time, says Suzanne…

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SUZANNE BROWN

Opinion

How can we adapt to new practices while keeping workload down?

Covid has reduced our face-to-face contact with colleagues. So how do we sustain school improvement in an era of…

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TOM STEVENS

Opinion

Home-schoolers deserve better than misinformation and distrust

If policymakers want to better understand home-schooling their focus should not be on pushing a failing model into homes,…

JL Dutaut

ANNA DUSSEAU

Opinion

It’s OK for BAME teachers to hold conservative educational values

Crucial work is needed to tackle racial injustice in education, but it won’t be achieved by silencing challenging voices…

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SHIVAN DAVIS

Opinion

A fighting chance in the parental arms race of tutoring

Amid criticism of NTP funding rules – with home tutoring disallowed and restricted to one subject per pupil –…

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BECKY FRANCIS

Covid

The government’s Covid response has gone from shameful to shameless

This government has some nerve telling teachers to keep calm and carry on, writes Mary Bousted “Tell your members…

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MARY BOUSTED

Opinion

How do essential skills shape young people’s life outcomes?

What do we know about the impact of skills-focused interventions and what does it mean for teachers? Will Millard…

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WILL MILLARD* and DR ELNAZ KASHEFPAKDEL**

Opinion

We can have sustainable schools if we pull together

The best place to start the green revolution is in our schools, say Mathilde Iveson and Amelie Nichols We’ve…

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MATHILDE IVESON and AMELIE NICHOLS

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Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

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Cllr Zena Brabazon

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Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

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Poppy Nobes

Opinion: Assessment

GCSE resits don’t deliver social justice – but alternatives can

The GCSE resit policy limits our ability to recognise what learners can do. We know what would work better,…

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Robin Bevan

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

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Sam Sykes

2mo

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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