Opinion: Leadership

Supporting teachers to support Ukraine is a win-win-win

Ukraine is in the headlines again this week as peace talks between Russia and the United States are set…

JL Dutaut
Yuliya Kosko
Opinion: Accountability

How we’ll help the sector deliver its ambition of inclusion

Our proposals put inclusion for disadvantaged and vulnerable young people and those with SEND at the heart of Ofsted’s…

JL Dutaut
Adam Sproston and Lee Owston
Opinion: SEND

Five reforms the select committee SEND inquiry must deliver

Creating a system that meets the needs of all learners will require training, new incentives, support, guidance and investment

JL Dutaut
Georgina Durrant


Opinion: Academy trusts

Trust centralisation can’t be judged on numbers alone

Centralisation is about delivering more bang for your buck, and the numbers show that’s exactly what well-structured trusts do

JL Dutaut
Chris Kirk
Opinion: Leadership

Why more schools should be courting the media spotlight

Recent experience has changed my mind about engaging with the media. The sector should take the initiative on telling…

JL Dutaut
Gavin Booth
The Curriculum Conversation

How to ensure the new curriculum boosts growth

If Labour’s opportunity mission is going to help deliver its economic aims, then curriculum must better support routes into…

JL Dutaut
Kate Ambrosi
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted and DfE are still not there with solving inclusion

The Ofsted draft framework is a missed opportunity to start aligning our incentives with our shared inclusive vision

JL Dutaut
Keziah Featherstone
Opinion: Legal

Kristie Higgs v. Farmor’s School: Implications for the sector

A landmark judgment means schools will need to think carefully about how to balance employees’ free speech and ‘reputational…

JL Dutaut
Joanne Moseley
Opinion: Governance

How to overcome governance’s diversity problem

Let’s mark National School Governors’ Awareness Day by committing to broadening this vital workforce

JL Dutaut
Victoria Hatton and Adrian Rogers

Must Read

Labour’s first year

We’ve laid the foundations. Now we build

Education secretary says her government’s work so far is just the beginning, and here’s what comes next …

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Bridget Phillipson
Labour’s first year

Engaging trusts is key to the opportunity mission’s success

Ministers have shown they can listen to the sector. More of that will be necessary as the details of…

JL Dutaut
Leora Cruddas
Labour’s first year

SEND: Hope still prevails, but Labour must learn to listen

Treating the specialist and alternative sectors as afterthoughts means ministers have missed chances to progress towards a more inclusive…

JL Dutaut
Dr Nic Crossley

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,…

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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

JL Dutaut
David Spendlove

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 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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