Opinion: SEND

How to prepare for more pupils with more complex needs

These five key initiatives are driving our secondary school’s readiness to meet increasing needs among pupils locally

JL Dutaut
Jude Macdonald
Opinion: Curriculum

Voice 21 at 10: Oracy must define education’s next decade

Oracy education has taken off. Now the prime minister must make sure it lands in every school

JL Dutaut
Peter Hyman
The Research Leader

Is Key Stage 3 a barrier to opportunity?

New research suggests the government should be developing a new and improved version of New Labour’s ‘gifted and talented’…

JL Dutaut
John Jerrim
The Legal Leader

Legal: What the new phase of the Covid inquiry means for schools

Here’s what ‘Module 8’ of the Covid inquiry will aim to ascertain, along with some advice for schools and…

JL Dutaut
Krishna Pancholi
The Curriculum Conversation

Geography needs convergence – but without the earthquakes

The current curriculum is too limited in scope to help young people meet the challenges of the future, but…

JL Dutaut
Mark Enser
Opinion: Curriculum

How Dream Big Day takes primary careers education to new heights

Dream Big Day launched to raise aspirations in one school. Now it’s gone trust-wide – and we hope…

JL Dutaut
James Hughes
Opinion: Curriculum review

A relevant history curriculum starts with inclusivity

A glaring omission from the curriculum is allowing harmful beliefs to continue to spread about a historically persecuted group

JL Dutaut
Ruth-Anne Lenga
Opinion: Sustainability

How trusts can work towards net zero despite recent cuts

Government funding for school sustainability may have been slashed, but that doesn’t have to stop us from getting to…

JL Dutaut
John Hunt
Opinion: Edtech

The DfE’s new materials dangerously underplay AI’s risks

AI support materials published by the department last week effectively transfer responsibility for all of its risks onto schools

JL Dutaut
Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith and Darren Macey

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Opinion

Nigel de Gruchy, the teachers’ champion who savaged with a soundbite

The former trade union leader has died at the age of 82. One of his successors, Dr Patrick Roach,…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Patrick Roach
Opinion

Education starts at home, so we bought 20 of them for families

Short-term lets and instability wreck a child’s likelihood of succeeding academically – we cannot ignore what goes on outside…

Freddie Whittaker
John Barneby
Opinion

Teacher recruitment is turning a corner, but headline figures mask challenges

Increased entries to teacher training should be source of pride, but government must not forget communities where recovery won’t…

Freddie Whittaker
Paddy Dempsey

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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

JL Dutaut
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,…

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
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