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Opinion

Supporting the most vulnerable is a family affair

Engagement with families is crucial to providing a safety net – and agencies must work together as a family…

JL Dutaut

JON YATES

Opinion

The year in school business: When crisis came, we ran towards it

From staff rotas to test and trace, school business leaders have shown how vital their contributions are, says Micon…

JL Dutaut

MICON METCALFE

Opinion

The year in governance: New ways of working and new ways of seeing

Governing bodies have discovered new – and sometimes better – ways of working, but more importantly they have seen…

JL Dutaut

RUBY BHATTI

Opinion

The year in alternative provision: When we became inclusion leaders

Colleagues were sceptical but my shift into alternative provision is now a source of learning for all, says Hammad…

JL Dutaut

HAMMAD ALI

Opinion

What does the latest attendance data tell us about the scale of the Covid problem?

The government must make better data available and provide more catch-up funding to stop pupils falling further behind, writes…

Freddie Whittaker

NATALIE PERERA

Opinion

On assessment, teachers are wrong by design

Stop blaming teachers for questionable assessments and start fixing the broken system that means they can’t be right, writes…

JL Dutaut

DENNIS SHERWOOD

Opinion

The year in special schools: We have redefined what ‘good’ looks like

During the darkest days of the pandemic, teaching staff dug deep and came up with innovative and creative solutions,…

JL Dutaut

MADELAINE CAPLIN

Opinion

Current guidance is failing clinically vulnerable families

Ministers appear to either not understand or not care about the plight of clinically vulnerable parents and guidance only…

JL Dutaut

MARGARET GREENWOOD

The Knowledge

Research: How can we foster effective teacher collaboration?

Offline or on, effective collaboration shares some common traits. Cat Scutt explores the evidence about making the most of…

JL Dutaut

CAT SCUTT

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Signs of progress give cause for optimism ahead of 2026 challenges

As we approach the end of another tough calendar year for school leaders and their teams, they deserve our…

Freddie Whittaker

Paul Whiteman

Opinion

Beyond the scroll: 5 ways to support young people with social media

Students tell me their biggest sources of stress are not tied to social media, but instead to their futures

Freddie Whittaker

Dr Helen Care

Opinion

Teachers need support to defend diversity from far-right attacks

As the prime minister has affirmed, we will not surrender our flag. Nor will we surrender our future to…

Freddie Whittaker

Dr Nikos Savvas

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

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Sam Sykes

5mo

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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