Opinion: Attendance

How Labour can solve the attendance crisis (again)

A new Institute for Government report suggests the government don’t have to look far for solutions to getting absence…

JL Dutaut
Tim Leunig
Opinion: Solutions

How to get flexible working right to drive inclusion

Flexible working is key to inclusive workplaces and tackling systemic recruitment and retention issues. Here’s how to get started

JL Dutaut
Antonia Spinks
Opinion: Accountability

Why our members are not reassured after meeting Sir Martyn

HMCI’s visit to the Chartered College of Teaching didn’t alleviate many concerns, but it did point the way to…

JL Dutaut
Alison Peacock
The Research Leader
SEND

How can we better train and retain SENCos?

Our programme’s evaluation points to three key ways SEND leaders can be better supported to thrive in their roles…

JL Dutaut
Bart Shaw
The Curriculum Conversation

How to avoid a managed decline of art and design

The review’s evidence that art and design are thriving masks concerning statistics and some very real weaknesses in our…

JL Dutaut
Michele Gregson
Opinion: Workforce

Labour’s funding decision on pay pits frontline against bottom line

The funding shortfall will mean vital support is lost – but policymakers either don’t understand or don’t care

JL Dutaut
Christopher Tribble
Opinion: Workforce

Recruitment crisis: Are we finally turning the corner?

This week’s figures reveal positive signs for the teacher workforce but there’s a long way to go to meet…

JL Dutaut
Jack Worth
Opinion: CPD

Labour must usher in a new era of professional empowerment

Labour’s teacher training entitlement is key to delivering its opportunity mission. Here’s what needs to happen to deliver on…

JL Dutaut
Loic Menzies
Opinion: Policy

Labour’s bill could tie schools to inequity through uniform

The government’s well-intentioned policy on school uniform could be undermined by failing to grasp its broader interplay with inclusion

JL Dutaut
Caroline Barlow and Tess Howard

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
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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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