Safeguarding

Everyone’s Invited: Policies alone can’t solve the problems

The sector’s response to sexual harassment clearly requires improvement, but policies holding schools responsible for society’s ills won’t fix…

JL Dutaut
LUCY HARRIS
Opinion

Let’s consign grades to the educational graveyard

All awarding systems must discriminate but our grades discriminate in all the wrong ways, writes Dennis Sherwood Grades, grades,…

JL Dutaut
DENNIS SHERWOOD
Opinion

Local solutions are what will make music education thrive

A new curriculum and some central funding are welcome, but it’s local action that will ensure all children benefit…

JL Dutaut
MADELAINE CAPLIN


Opinion

Why reducing exclusions is a curriculum matter

A children’s consultation could be a game changer. But only if we’re ready to hear the truth about curriculum’s…

JL Dutaut
MEENA KUMARI WOOD
Opinion

Edtech’s success depends on demystifying AI

We can only prevent more ‘mutant algorithms’ and make edtech safe with a framework for the ethical use of…

JL Dutaut
ROSE LUCKIN
The Knowledge

Research: What factors affecting retention matter most to teachers?

Research has long shown what factors affect retention but not which matter more to teachers themselves, write Hui Lu…

JL Dutaut
HUI LU* and PETER BURGE**
Opinion

The real edtech revolution is yet to come

Computers are essential. Algorithms are the norm. But the true potential of the edtech revolution is in robotics, writes…

JL Dutaut
SAMER AL MOUBAYED
Opinion

The question is why MATs are so small, not why they’re so big

By almost any measure, multi-academy trusts are small organisations. Yet their benefits are many and accrue with size, writes…

JL Dutaut
SIR JON COLES
Opinion

A world-leading school system starts with supporting teachers

Better supporting teachers into and throughout their careers is central to reforms designed to make our schools the best…

JL Dutaut
NICK GIBB

Must Read

Curriculum

Resist the panicky zeitgeist and be brave curriculum makers

School leaders were never meant to be robots, but role models for the young. How they behave is as…

Freddie Whittaker
Carolyn Roberts
Opinion

Boards are too critical to only think about when crises hit

Governance rarely makes the headlines. But it sits at the centre of almost every school and trust success story

Freddie Whittaker
Sam Henson
Opinion

Schools need to end the silence and stigma over infertility

No one chooses this journey. But schools can choose compassion and support and send a clear message

Freddie Whittaker
Devon Oakley-Hogg

EXAMS

Assessment

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

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

John Dickens
Sam Sykes
Assessment

Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

JL Dutaut
Reza Schwitzer

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