Opinion

Short- and long-term challenges beset teacher workforce

Today, the NFER publishes its latest overview of the teacher labour market in England. Eighteen months on from the…

JL Dutaut
JACK WORTH
Opinion

Crisis management: listen and learn from school leaders

Announcements to please narrow audiences while washing your hands of the tough choices creates division, says Mary Bousted School…

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MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

‘Back to normal’ won’t be good enough for vulnerable children

Alternative Provision has proved its unique value to the school system and new partnerships mustn’t be shelved as schools…

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ANGELA RANSBY
Opinion

Summer catch-up is the wrong solution to learning gaps

Calls for summer catch-up lessons for young people who have fallen behind are understandable and well-meaning but they are…

JL Dutaut
NICK BROOK
Opinion

MATs: Policy must catch up with the need for mergers

Mergers will define the next phase of MAT growth but too many obstacles still stand in the way, writes…

JL Dutaut
ANDREW MOORHOUSE
Opinion

The digital divide continues to disadvantage our students

Despite big promises, the government has failed to deliver for our disadvantaged students and left us to pick up…

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GERRY ROBINSON
Opinion

Schools hold the key to successful reopening

Whatever tonight’s announcement on school reopening holds, we can’t afford to forget the lessons of this extraordinary period, writes…

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KATE CHHATWAL
Opinion

A ‘recovery curriculum’ or ‘recovery conversations’?

Recovery is about rethinking our values, not just rewriting our lesson plans, writes Mary Myatt It’s pretty obvious that…

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MARY MYATT
Opinion

Can we educate teachers effectively in a remote learning environment?

Harry Fletcher-Wood looks at new evidence about how to educate teachers when face-to-face contact isn’t possible One problem schools…

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HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD

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Opinion: Solutions

Attendance: What to do now to prevent September no-shows

For some students, the summer break can create a chasm between home and school they can’t easily cross come…

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Mikaela Shalders
Opinion: Legal

How Labour should (and shouldn’t) reform SEND tribunals

Holding local authorities to account for repeatedly abusing the tribunal process (and bad faith engagement in mediation) is key

JL Dutaut
Qaisar Sheikh
Opinion: Policy

More power to those who can deliver the PM’s five missions

The prime minister will put rocket boosters under his priorities, not by joining up Whitehall but by joining up…

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Steve Chalke

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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
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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,…

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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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