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
Opinion

Crisis management: listen and learn from school leaders

Announcements to please narrow audiences while washing your hands of the tough choices creates division, says Mary Bousted School…

JL Dutaut
MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

‘Back to normal’ won’t be good enough for vulnerable children

Alternative Provision has proved its unique value to the school system and new partnerships mustn’t be shelved as schools…

JL Dutaut
ANGELA RANSBY
Opinion

Summer catch-up is the wrong solution to learning gaps

Calls for summer catch-up lessons for young people who have fallen behind are understandable and well-meaning but they are…

JL Dutaut
NICK BROOK

Must Read

Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

Another way for school readiness, why phone bans ARE the brave choice and enrichment’s GCSE blinkers problem

Freddie Whittaker
Various
Opinion: school funding

5 helpful ways ministers can support schools to cut costs

With this week’s budget expected to offer little for squeezed schools, one trust leader outlines suggestions for ministers to…

John Dickens
Keziah Featherstone
School structures

Why the MAT debate misses the real opportunity

School-led partnerships offer the benefits of trusts without the restructuring, and work for schools that want to collaborate but…

John Dickens
Stephen Hall

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
More on this theme

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
More on this theme

[bsa_pro_ad_space id=8]

Have something to say?

We’re always keen to hear from new voices. If you’ve got an opinion you want to share with the education community why not job
facebook linkedin
Comment on articles and content

Get in touch

Send your pitch to our commissioning editor.

Email