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The lockdown diary

The 2020 ‘holidays’

The lockdown diary is back and this term’s first instalment catalogues the cluster-farce that led to its announcement

JL Dutaut

JONATHAN MOUNTSTEVENS

Opinion

Repeated omission of special schools points to an ableist department

Special schools could be forgiven for thinking the department is ableist given that they are routinely treated as less…

JL Dutaut

DR LAURAN DOAK

Exams

Cancelling exams is the wrong decision. They should be reinstated

Far from the worst thing the DfE could do, changing its mind and reinstating exams would be the best…

JL Dutaut

STUART LOCK

Opinion

These closures are testament to a failed government strategy

The prime minister sounded an optimistic note tonight but it will take a lot more to alleviate our fears…

JL Dutaut

MARY BOUSTED

Opinion

Five Top Tips for Blended Learning

As a new term begins and mixed provision looks likely to continue to be the norm, Helen Newies shares…

JL Dutaut

HELEN NEWIES

Opinion: Leadership

Supporting EAL students through the pandemic’s disruptions

Students with English as an additional language face the same challenges as all other learners, but some are unique…

JL Dutaut

ASHWINI PARULEKAR

Opinion

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

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,…

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

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,…

JL Dutaut

James Handscombe

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