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Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic but exclusions still falling

Is it ever OK to remove a child from your roll?

Ofsted has been downgrading schools that “off-roll” students. But what does it actually mean? Cath Murray explains… The whole…

John Dickens

CATH MURRAY

Opinion

Progress 8 fails pupils with special needs

Thousands of pupils with complex needs are guaranteed a negative P8 score and are at increased risk of exclusion…

John Dickens

STEVE PRESTON

Opinion

Organising our thoughts about teaching – the work of Mary Kennedy

How we organise our thoughts shapes how we view the world and how we act. At Ambition Institute, we…

JL Dutaut

HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD

Opinion

Funding formula threatens small schools with extinction

As an election looms, funding promises abound, but Thomas Moore is pretty sure that small schools will continue to…

JL Dutaut

THOMAS MOORE

Opinion

Everyone should be asking candidates tough questions

The Headteachers’ Roundtable’s “Big 5” election manifesto gives a new vision of professionalism and trust, restoring confidence in education,…

JL Dutaut

ROS MCMULLEN

Opinion

What CPD is really worthwhile investing in?

The Chartered College of Teaching believes strongly in the value of teacher professional learning. Yet the term encompasses a…

JL Dutaut

SARAH HARRISON

Opinion

Schools with identified RAAC are being urged to put contingency plans in place in case of closure by the DfE

£300,000 will not solve my school’s building woes

The paths in Andy Byers’ school flood, the science prep room is the size of two toilets and less…

JL Dutaut

ANDY BYERS

Opinion

Less accountability, more responsibility are key to better CPD

Raedwald Trust is taking matters into its own hands on recruitment, retention and workload, writes Angela Ransby, with a…

JL Dutaut

ANGELA RANSBY

Opinion

Should all teachers complete a Master’s Degree?

It would be fair to say that Friday’s proposal by Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (UCET) that…

JL Dutaut

CAT SCUTT

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Opinion: Policy

How we’ve boosted social mobility in our deprived area

Here’s how we went from persistently low outcomes to the most improved school in the country for disadvantaged students

JL Dutaut

Steve Rogers

Opinion: Governance

Local governance is key to community cohesion

This volunteers’ week, let’s pledge to better support our governors as the community champions they are in these times…

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Emma Balchin

Opinion: Governance

How we’re bucking the trend and recruiting great governors

Amid a national shortage of governors, here’s how our group has had success in recruiting and retaining professionals who…

JL Dutaut

Jenny Pharo

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 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…

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Stephen Caldwell

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