Exams

Decisions are needed now on exams and accountability

This year’s exam disruption is far from the end of the story. Stephen Tierney suggests reforms to give teachers…

JL Dutaut
STEPHEN TIERNEY
Opinion
Leading academy trusts United Learning and Oasis are among those pushing through diversity reforms.

Racism exists. End of story. So do something about it

Tackling racism is more than a duty. It is the promise of education, says Olayinka Ewuola The senseless killing…

JL Dutaut
OLAYINKA EWUOLA
Opinion

Continuity planning must start without delay

Amid uncertainty, we can narrow down likely scenarios to ensure all learners get the best from our schools no…

JL Dutaut
LEORA CRUDDAS
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

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Opinion

Forget the buzzword bingo, here’s how schools can get belonging right

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

Freddie Whittaker
Anthony Benedict
Opinion

Intentional design: What stewardship of the school system really demands

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

Freddie Whittaker
Becks Boomer-Clark
Opinion

Lessons for England on using AI to boost attendance

As schools here are given an AI-generated target for attendance, one Welsh head explains how his school has used…

Freddie Whittaker
Huw Powell

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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,…

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
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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,…

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James Handscombe
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