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To solve the exam mess, we need to go Bacc to the future

Political schemes and partial solutions are how our qualification system got into this mess – it’s time for something…

JL Dutaut
TOM SHERRINGTON
Opinion

Overcoming the new challenges facing EAL learners and their teachers

Supporting learners with English as an additional language will be more challenging than ever this year, but also more…

JL Dutaut
SILVANA RICHARDSON
Opinion

Alarm bells continue to ring, but where is the coordinated action?

As the Education Policy Insitute publishes its annual report on the state of education in England, Jo Huchinson says…

JL Dutaut
JO HUTCHINSON
Opinion

The grading fiasco has not finished unravelling

Even if next year’s exams go ahead without disruption, the game is up for our rigged grading system, writes…

JL Dutaut
DENNIS SHERWOOD
Opinion

Five ways to model healthy relationships and support wellbeing

The start of compulsory relationships and sex education is a perfect opportunity to model supportive practices in these uncertain…

JL Dutaut
PAULA TALMAN
Opinion

Social and emotional learning could be at risk just when it’s most needed

Pupils need social and emotional learning more than ever – but a focus on safety and virtual learning could…

Jess Staufenberg
Will Millard
Opinion

How to solve next summer’s exam problems before they arise

Solutions already exist to prevent putting teachers and students in this situation next year, writes Hamid Patel ‘Why did…

JL Dutaut
HAMID PATEL
Opinion

Schools that followed advice to deflate grades must now be given appeal route

The decision to use centre assessed grades means many schools are now suddenly in an unfair position and coming…

John Dickens
DAVID BLOW
Opinion

There’s enough to criticise without adding to our uncertainty

If there’s a debate to be had about exams and algorithms, don’t let it take away from our achievements,…

JL Dutaut
OLIVIA EREN

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Children show us belonging is simple. If we see them, hear them, know them and accept them for who…

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A mature school system should allow for specialisation without stigma and for divestment without failure narratives, writes Becks Boomer-Clark

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Work to deliver the new qualification should continue at pace to meet recruitment challenges by making teaching more accessible,…

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

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