Opinion: CPD

This year is make or break for the CPD golden thread

The golden thread of professional development is at risk of unravelling if the new government pursues the policies of…

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Gareth Conyard
Opinion: SEND

Four reasons everyone should try working in AP

Reflecting on nine months leading my trust’s alternative provision, working in the sector is an experience everyone should have

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Keziah Featherstone
The Curriculum Conversation

EBacc reform and avoiding distortions: What to do about KS4

There is plenty of scope to broaden the accountability measures that shape schools’ practices, but this can’t come at…

JL Dutaut
Matt Carnaby
Opinion: Policy

This schools bill is the wrong legislation at the wrong time

Hitting the reverse button in the face of new difficulties is a recipe for stifling innovation and holding back…

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Leek
Opinion: Policy

What schools can (and can’t) learn from the world of startups

Ministers’ well-meaning desire for action can’t come at the expense of children’s learning. A test-and-learn approach offers the right…

JL Dutaut
Dr Calum Davey
Opinion: Accountability
A senior Ofsted representative has given evidence at an inquest into headteacher Ruth Perry's death

Two years on, why we still fight for Ruth’s legacy

For all the talk of reform, it isn’t clear Ofsted has learned any real lessons from Ruth Perry’s death

JL Dutaut
Edmund Barnett-Ward
Opinion: Politics

Labour must ratchet up reform in 2025

The new government’s time to enact meaningful change before the next election is short. Here’s what needs to happen…

JL Dutaut
Natalie Perera
Opinion: Curriculum

O reason not the need to rescue English in our schools

The subject’s decline is not inexorable, but if we’re going to reverse it, nothing will come of nothing

JL Dutaut
Lawrence Foley
The Knowledge

Trusts are maturing – but their horizons are contracting

The 2024 ‘Being the CEO’ report reveals trust leadership is improving in important ways but strategic decisions is becoming…

JL Dutaut
Rachael Gacs

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The Curriculum Conversation

The last thing history needs is more revolution

History teachers already have the tools to drive improvement. We mustn’t jeopardise that in the quest to modernise

JL Dutaut
Michael Fordham
Opinion: Workforce

We’re backing teachers because we have a job to do together

Today’s investment is a clear sign of the government’s commitment to partnership in delivering high and rising standards for…

JL Dutaut
Bridget Phillipson
Opinion: Legal

Legal: How to manage restructuring, redundancies and industrial action

With more budget cuts on the horizon, here are some answers to the questions leaders ask us most about…

JL Dutaut
Sarah Linden

ITT

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

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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,…

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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