Opinion Schools Week editorialsEdition 36 editorial Harpenden Free School is changing its name to Harpenden Academy. As a paper that started life…Laura McInerney 7yLaura McInerney 7yOpinion A desperate hunt for the middle classesLabour’s threat to end “generous state subsidies” for private schools may be well meaning, but will end up harming…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion State boarding school special — for: Vulnerable children, quite literally, cost us a fortuneState-funded boarding schools run as a school, not as a care home, are the best solution for children failed…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion State boarding schools: Partnerships: ‘Failures are not an option’Holyport College, the first new free school to offer boarding places, opened in September and will eventually take 500…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion State boarding schools: Finance: ‘Costs have to be split’All state boarding schools have two sets of accounts: the standard accounts of any state day school and, separately,…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion State boarding schools: Governance: ‘A multitude of extra requirements’Strong governance and leadership are as essential in a state boarding school as they are in any other school….Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion State boarding schools: What are they? How do they work?State boarding schools are an unusual hybrid. They sound a bit like private schools (they’re not), they sound as…Laura McInerney 7yLaura McInerney 7yOpinion State boarding school special — against: It is the children who have to live away from homeIf the government wants vulnerable children to be placed in boarding schools, what pastoral training will be given to…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yOpinion School funding changes: made simpleThe way in which the Dedicated Schools Grant, one of the main components of school funding, is calculated is…Nicky Phillips 7yNicky Phillips 7yNewer1183184185186187188189190191192193194OlderMust ReadResearch How can ‘mixing it up’ and confusing students be good for them?Interleaving can cause confusion, but it’s one that pays off – as long as it’s used within certain parameters,…JL Dutaut 2dHARRY FLETCHER-WOOD 2dLiteracy Chronic under-investment in school libraries is harming life chancesNew research shows primary school libraries in a parlous state nationally, and building back better won’t happen without them,…JL Dutaut 2dJONATHAN DOUGLAS 2dTeacher training Teachers need support to make the uncomfortable comfortableWe owe it to our students to tackle cultural faultlines with them – and to our teachers to ensure…JL Dutaut 3dZAHARA CHOWDHURY 3dITTITT ITT Market Review: making good on a promising policyMany objections to the ITT market review are simply incorrect, writes Sam Sims. But delivering on its promise will…JL Dutaut 3moDR SAM SIMS 3moITT How can we get schools to offer more ITT placements?The government wants schools more involved in initial teacher training, but how can we encourage them to offer more…Freddie Whittaker 4moJACK WORTH 4moMore on this themeEXAMSExams Exams: GCSE reform isn’t as simple as stick or twistAs clamour grows for post-Covid GCSE reform, it’s important we listen to the opinions of all those concerned, writes…JL Dutaut 1moCOLIN HUGHES 1moExams To be fair, we can do better than examsMinisters’ clamour to return to our pre-pandemic exams system is founded on an impoverished idea of fairness, writes Jo-Anne…JL Dutaut 4moJO-ANNE BAIRD 4moMore on this theme Have something to say?We’re always keen to hear from new voices. If you’ve got an opinion you want to share with the education community why not job facebook twitter linkedin Comment on articles and contentGet in touchSend your pitch to our commissioning editor.Email
