Opinion

Parental engagement is key to overcoming continued disruption

Now is the time for all schools to act on the stand-out lesson from lockdown – that partnerships are…

JL Dutaut
LEORA CRUDDAS
Opinion

Care is needed for an exhausted school business community

School business professionals have worked their magic again this summer – but like hand sanitiser, stores of fairy dust…

JL Dutaut
MICON METCALFE
Opinion

Have changing attitudes made masks this season’s must-have?

Laura McInerney explores Teacher Tapp data showing evolving attitudes to face coverings in schools Dystopia is not what it…

JL Dutaut
LAURA MCINERNEY
Opinion

“No, Minister.” Why Ofqual’s independence is no joking matter

There is room for improvement of Ofqual, but its independence is crucial to a functioning system, writes this member…

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Professor Jo-Anne Baird
Exams

Delaying 2021 exams is a good idea – here’s why

Pushing exams back a few weeks next summer is the best option. Arguments for more major exam reform fall…

JL Dutaut
JON COLES
Opinion

Government must act to support and protect supply teachers

Supply teaching is precarious – and costly – at the best of times. These teachers need solutions to see…

JL Dutaut
PATRICK ROACH
Opinion: SEND
An Ofsted report found gaps in SEND support in mainstream schools.

I’ve had to tell 17 SEND pupils they can’t come to school – and I’m furious

Reading a recent report by ASK Research with the NFER about children at special education schools and colleges, I…

Jess Staufenberg
DOMINIC WALL
Exams

Ministers can’t muddle their way through to summer 2021 exams

Schools needed a plan for next summer’s exams weeks ago. Without it, we are already risking another fiasco, writes…

JL Dutaut
SARAH HANNAFIN
Opinion
Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic

Heightened risks mean more should be done to prevent exclusions now

The reality for excluded children is already dismaying and Covid could make it worse. It’s time for concerted action,…

JL Dutaut
CLAIRE HEALD

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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…

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Dr Nikos Savvas
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You can’t build inclusion on calming spaces alone

Space is not the same as capacity. It’s a key difference that matters, writes Dr Nic Crossley

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How note-taking and AI reading aids could work together to support learning

If designed and used carefully, perhaps AI need not replace or diminish established learning practices, but can instead complement…

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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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University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

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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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