Opinion

There are no shortcuts on the road to recovery

Our Derbyshire primary-only trust’s return to school programme has attracted international attention from every phase, writes Matthew Crawford Our…

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MATTHEW CRAWFORD
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of David Phillips

It’s all give, give, give, but the gratification is forever delayed in this week’s lockdown diary from David Phillips

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DAVID PHILLIPS
Opinion

Training is key to ensuring better blended learning

Blended learning is likely to be the norm for some time, says Vikas Pota. So let’s help teachers understand…

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VIKAS POTA
Opinion
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Our collective effort will make a full autumn return possible

Working together, teachers, leaders and government will make a success of this critical return to full education provision from…

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NICK GIBB
Opinion

A surprising convergence shows teachers’ desire to rebuild better

New survey data shows divergences in the experiences of schools according to deprivation and some important convergences about what…

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GEMMA MOSS
Opinion

EYFS reforms mark a welcome change of emphasis

Alison Peacock welcomes reforms that show respect for teacher expertise in their content and the way they was arrived…

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ALISON PEACOCK
Opinion

Outdoor play is key to reopening and recovery

Getting children back in school doesn’t have to mean a rush into the classroom and access to outdoor play…

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MARGUERITE HUNTER BLAIR AND ANITA GRANT
Opinion
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Investment and reform should level up our co-curricular offer

A developed co-curricular should be an entitlement in every school. A few rule changes could make an extra into…

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Benjamin Cox
Opinion

How can we ensure teachers receive effective feedback?

Good feedback can be a powerful way to help teachers to become (even) more effective, writes Rob Coe We…

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Rob Coe

Must Read

Opinion

Boards are too critical to only think about when crises hit

Governance rarely makes the headlines. But it sits at the centre of almost every school and trust success story

Freddie Whittaker
Sam Henson
Opinion

Schools need to end the silence and stigma over infertility

No one chooses this journey. But schools can choose compassion and support and send a clear message

Freddie Whittaker
Devon Oakley-Hogg
Opinion

Looking overseas for SEND policy lessons 

Different approaches to SEND in 14 countries provide valuable insight for English policymakers, say Loic Menzies and Taylor Hughson

Freddie Whittaker
Loic Menzies and Taylor Hughson

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,…

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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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