Opinion

Schools No One Wants are in limbo – here’s what needs to change

The system for rebrokering schools needs reforming to better support vulnerable schools and pupils during the transition to a…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Is it time to bring back the EdTech quango Becta?

England has fallen behind as an international EdTEch player, so is it time to bring back a centralised body…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Governors! Here’s how to tell if your turnaround head is effective

Heads with the best long-term school improvement plans are often nearly fired two years into the job simply because…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor


Opinion

Animal dissection must be cut from the curriculum

The modern curriculum is no place for cutting up dead animals, argues PETA’s Dr Julia Baines As a teacher,…

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

What’s the law on confiscating a pupil’s mobile phone?

Confiscation has been a hot topic on social media this week. Ramona Derbyshire clarifies schools’ and teachers’ legal rights…

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

How to improve academy trust governance

Too many multi-academy trusts are struggling under poor governance at trust level, says Michael Pain, but Forum Education has…

Tom Mendelsohn
Tom Mendelsohn
Opinion

Folks, we need to talk about exam re-marks

We need to talk about exam re-marks – and quickly, says editor Laura McInerney It’s the first week of…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

GCSEs, A-levels and other school qualifications should be scrapped

We should get rid of GCSEs and A-levels and make universities design their own entrance systems, argues Ed Cadwallader…

Ed Cadwallader
Ed Cadwallader
Opinion

School leaders: your ‘5 or above’ GCSE percentage is a headline measure

A lot of school leaders don’t seem to realise that the new “5 and above” rate is the measure…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney

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Wellbeing

Improving wellbeing hinges on putting the right data into the right hands

New dashboards promise to better inform school leaders and communities about local young people’s wellbeing

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David Gregson
Solutions

Seven tips to support autistic students through exam season 

Seven tried-and-tested approaches to help autistic learners achieve their potential and have the best possible experience of exam season

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Gemma Buley
Religious education

The antidote to extremism is effective Religious Education

Rising social tensions leaking into our schools should be the province of a well-trained workforce of RE teachers, says…

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Sanjeev Baga

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

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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…

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Stephen Caldwell

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