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…

JL Dutaut
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
Opinion

We’d planned the first day back at school perfectly. Then it rained

It would be no exaggeration to say the last few months rank up there with the toughest of my…

Jess Staufenberg
ALASTAIR O’CONNOR
Opinion

Refusing to fund Covid costs will plunge schools like mine back into the red

Yesterday felt like the final straw for many school leaders up and down the country. Schools minister Nick Gibb…

Jess Staufenberg
PAUL GOSLING
Opinion

While schools leaders continue to deliver, Westminster continues to fail them

Schools will do their job as they have throughout this crisis – now it’s time politicians do theirs, writes…

JL Dutaut
PAUL WHITEMAN

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Three lessons to give schools great governance 

Experience shows that governors can provide powerful insights into the wider community, while others share their professional strategic know-how,…

Freddie Whittaker
Ian Dewes
Opinion

The case for clearer Holocaust curriculum guidance

Teaching and learning about the Holocaust is not easy. And the evidence is suggesting our teachers and students need…

Freddie Whittaker
Rebecca Hale and Andy Pearce
Opinion

Why Holocaust education matters more than ever, and how schools can lead the way

If schools step up, they can ensure that the next generation inherits not only the facts of the Holocaust…

Freddie Whittaker
Adrian Packer

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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
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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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Sam Sykes
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
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