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How SEMH interventions can transform mainstream provision

A new evaluation of a programme using SEMH interventions with students in mainstream schools has demonstrated its effectiveness beyond…

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Regional improvement starts and ends with local leaders

Our experience in the Midlands shows that once a destination is set, the best way to get there is…

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Opinion: Mental health

Labour must finally – and properly – measure children’s wellbeing

This isn’t about adding more burden onto schools but about supporting them in tackling the mental health crisis

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Opinion: Policy

Ministers must tackle our dangerous safeguarding blind spot

Even with the best will in the world, unregistered alternative provisions operate in a regulatory grey area that leaves…

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Opinion: Edtech

‘Your Brain on ChatGPT’? Not if you use it right!

A recent study has caused panic about its effects, but here’s how to ensure the day never comes when…

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Amelia King
Opinion: Accountability

This week’s announcements undermine Ofsted’s credibility

An announcement meant to reassure the sector will in fact only exacerbate fears that the inspectorate can’t do its…

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Frank Norris and Colin Richards
Opinion: Curriculum review

Evolution? A quiet curriculum revolution is already underway

A group of schools is pioneering what should be the basis for the Francis review’s big ‘GCSE reset’

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Opinion: Policy

Mapping the way out of education’s poly-crisis

This report doesn’t just call for a system based on professionalism – it models it, and shows us how…

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Dan Morrow
Opinion: Curriculum

How we’re transforming sixth form in and for disadvantaged communities

Here’s how we became a top-performing MAT for disadvantaged students’ academic and vocational outcomes at KS5

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I still believe exams to be the best way of testing academic knowledge and understanding but they’re no bagatelle,…

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