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Research review: Cat Scutt investigates how to set a positive work culture

New classes. New colleagues. Maybe a new school. Teachers will have spent the past couple of weeks setting the…

Expert Contributor

CAT SCUTT

Opinion

No more heroes. Time to change the record on school leadership

Let’s celebrate “expert leaders”, say Jen Barker and Tom Rees, and stop always talking about charismatic, dynamic, inspirational leaders…

Expert Contributor

JEN BARKER AND TOM REES

Opinion

Are independent school pensions about to help schools recruit?

Many teachers in private schools have threatened to leave if their schools withdraw from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme –…

Phil Reynolds

PHILLIP REYNOLDS

Opinion

The 3 key principles to helping students form good habits

The new school year is a great chance to encourage students to form good habits. Habits are automatic responses…

Harry Fletcher-Wood

HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD

Opinion

Brexit: We need to proceed to the exit responsibly

Not all the advice that schools are giving and receiving about Brexit is correct. Worse, some of it is…

Expert Contributor

TOMAS THUROGOOD-HYDE

Opinion

There’s more to free schools than just warm-strict discipline

The recent GCSE results have vindicated free schools for their tireless efforts, says Unity Howard. But there’s more to…

Expert Contributor

UNITY HOWARD

Opinion

The ‘Forgotten Third’ deserve the dignity of a new type of qualification

In spite of decades of curriculum and qualifications reform, a third of 16-year-olds in England are not awarded a…

John Dickens

ROY BLATCHFORD

Opinion

Gavin Williamson’s AP free schools promise won’t work unless…

The news that alternative provision (AP) will be a major focus of the free schools programme under the new…

John Dickens

CATH MURRAY

Opinion

Does the government’s school funding pledge actually stack up?

Back to school week often signals new beginnings and a renewed optimism for the year ahead. Seemingly, in the…

John Dickens

NATALIE PERERA

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Opinion: Solutions

How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

JL Dutaut

Finola Wilson

Opinion: Workforce

The sector has taken another big step in parent-teacher support

Developments at the National Education Union’s conference give hope that we may soon stem the flow of parents out…

JL Dutaut

Emma Sheppard

Opinion: Accountability

How Ofsted can ensure inclusion and equity go hand in hand

Ofsted must ensure its new framework for inclusion is applied consistently and fairly in every school

JL Dutaut

Lee Elliot Major

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

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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