Opinion

Will the current lockdown ease financial pressures on schools? 

A new report by the NFER shows that regardless of lockdown all schools are struggling with Covid-related schools and…

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JENNA JULIUS
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Hope amid despair

Gerry Robinson opens her lockdown diary to record the past week with year 10 poetry still echoing in her…

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GERRY ROBINSON
Opinion

Ofqual’s proposal simply doesn’t make the grade

Its intentions are reasonable, but it’s hard to see any positive outcomes from Oqual’s proposal, writes Tom Richmond “I…

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TOM RICHMOND
Opinion

A sudden desire to trust teachers hints at a poisoned chalice

After months of dithering and conflicting messages, the government’s latest noises on trust in teacher grading look likely to…

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DAME ALISON PEACOCK
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Free school meals numbers have surged, sparking fears over pupil premium funding.

What are schools’ emerging priorities in this new lockdown?

Lockdown 2.0 is having a much greater effect on primaries while inequalities continue to manifest, writes Laura McInerney This…

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LAURA MCINERNEY
Opinion

Migrant children need targeted support through lockdown

These are the strategies we need in order to address the particular problems faced by migrant children during the…

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Dr Shoba Arun and Aleksandra Szymczyk
Opinion

New year’s revolutions

Dan Morrow opens his lockdown diary to document another topsy-turvy week in education leadership

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DAN MORROW
Opinion

Our media are making the hardest of situations harder

The venom habitually directed at the teaching profession by the media commentariat has plumbed new lows during the lockdowns,…

JL Dutaut
SARAH GALLAGHER
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School improvement doesn’t come in a flat-pack

We’ll only get sustained school improvement when we start to treat teachers and school leaders as masters of their…

JL Dutaut
CHRIS KIRKHAM-KNOWLES

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