The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Jane Manzone

Jane Manzone and her year 6 class adapt to a brave new normal I had a few bizarre dreams…

JL Dutaut
JANE MANZONE
Opinion: Curriculum

Diversity cannot be a curriculum bolt-on

Educators from all backgrounds and contexts have been asking for guidance on curriculum reform in the light of recent…

JL Dutaut
BENNIE KARA
Opinion

Tackling racism is about more than curriculum

Education is key to tackling racism, says Jeffery Quaye. But what obstacles have school leaders and teachers had to…

JL Dutaut
DR JEFFERY QUAYE
Opinion

How can we solve the problem of low attainment in maths?

Jeremy Hodgen and his team tested the evidence and identified the strategies most likely to close one of education’s…

JL Dutaut
JEREMY HODGEN
Opinion

Patchwork AP provision needs a tailor’s eye

There’s been a welcome policy focus on vulnerable students throughout the coronavirus crisis, but little evidence of a strategic…

JL Dutaut
JO HUTCHINSON
Opinion

Reopening our school has made the future a little brighter

Braced to comfort crying children without physical contact, reopening has instead resulted in huge smiles and boisterous enthusiasm. Tracey…

JL Dutaut
TRACEY HUDSON
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Olivia Eren

Amid government fiascos and ongoing uncertainty, year 11 student, Olivia Eren opens her ‘half term’ lockdown diary

JL Dutaut
OLIVIA EREN
Opinion

Disregard teachers’ concerns at your peril, Boris

Big questions remain unanswered as schools reopen and big decisions still have to be made. The DfE must work…

JL Dutaut
CAT SCUTT
Opinion

Short- and long-term challenges beset teacher workforce

Today, the NFER publishes its latest overview of the teacher labour market in England. Eighteen months on from the…

JL Dutaut
JACK WORTH

Must Read

Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens
Sir Hamid Patel
Parental leave

Some schools have cracked parental leave – so why can’t everyone? 

Education leaders must take note of a parliamentary debate last week on maternity and paternity pay, says Emma Sheppard

John Dickens
Emma Sheppard
Inclusion

Ofsted says identify children previously in care. But how?

Ofsted’s new focus will ensure children previously known to social care become more visible – but schools need better…

John Dickens
Kiran Gill

ITT

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,…

JL Dutaut
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

JL Dutaut
David Spendlove
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EXAMS

Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

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

John Dickens
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,…

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
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