Opinion

After COVID-19, we must finally remember the forgotten third

The pandemic has forced us to reinvent how we award grades but far more fundamental questions about our exam…

JL Dutaut
ROY BLATCHFORD
Opinion

More action is required quickly for thousands of ‘invisible’ children

Schools are doing an amazing job for the nation’s vulnerable children but many are invisible and government needs to…

JL Dutaut
LAYLA MORAN, MP
Opinion: Legal

Analysis: can exam invigilators be furloughed?

Questions remain over whether exam invigilators can be furloughed under the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). Phillip Reynolds…

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Phillip Reynolds* and Louise Brenlund**


Opinion

Some clarification but question marks still surround furloughing scheme

Mismatches between guidance and direction and continual reissues of guidance documents are contributing to a sense of chaos around…

JL Dutaut
JANE HALLAS
Opinion

A testament to teachers in testing times

Teachers seldom get the thanks they deserve, but what do you think this is, Dead Poets’ Society? Sixth former,…

JL Dutaut
KATE GRIMSDALE
Opinion

Gypsy and Traveller education suffers from irresponsible programming like this

Under the guise of investigation, last night’s Channel 4 programme only further stoked the kind of stereotypes that see…

JL Dutaut
Ellie Mulcahy
Opinion

There is only one clear path to reopening schools

Letting our hopes of returning to school get the better of our reasoning about doing it safely only risks…

JL Dutaut
MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

Supporting parent-teachers: five lessons from home schooling

Colin Diamond sets out five lessons from home schooling to help schools support parents to be the best teachers…

JL Dutaut
COLIN DIAMOND, CBE
Opinion

Transforming teacher performance management is within reach

This year’s demise of public exams is forcing a rethink on teacher appraisal and could transform performance management for…

JL Dutaut
DAVID WESTON* AND IAN CAMPBELL**

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Maw
Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

JL Dutaut
Cllr Zena Brabazon
Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

JL Dutaut
Poppy Nobes

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

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David Spendlove

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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