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Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic

Warming the cold spots of alternative provision

A new report on the state of alternative provision makes for some dire reading but there’s plenty of evidence…

JL Dutaut
CATH MURRAY
Opinion

How should schools support transitions this summer and beyond?

Primary-to-secondary transition faces new challenges as a result of the Covid crisis but recent research can help ensure schools…

JL Dutaut
ELLIE MULCAHY
Opinion

Building on this ‘mindful pause’ for education

Whatever is in store for education post lockdown, we can be sure that the foundational skills of mindfulness will…

JL Dutaut
Adrian Bethune and Professor Katherine Weare
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Jo Southby

As her schools prepare to launch Oak Academy resources amid new routines and new challenges, Jo Southby opens up…

JL Dutaut
JO SOUTHBY
Opinion

Our new report must inform the roadmap to reopening

A new report from the Chartered College of Teaching has gathered evidence from around the world and must inform…

JL Dutaut
ALISON PEACOCK
Opinion

The digital divide affects teachers as well as their pupils

As schools settle into more sustained use of online learning tools, attention needs to be paid to teachers’ development…

JL Dutaut
PATRICK ROACH
Opinion

Should teachers be evaluating the impact of what they do?

A new paper looks at what we know about teachers’ evaluation skills and their impact on outcomes. Jonathan Haslam…

JL Dutaut
JONATHAN HASLAM
The lockdown diary

A week in the life of Debra Rutley

In the second instalment of our series following the impacts of lockdown on the personal and professional lives of…

JL Dutaut
DEBRA RUTLEY
Opinion

Post COVID-19, we need a school system built on trust

Schools will reopen to a new world. They have earned the nation’s trust and should be supported to shape…

JL Dutaut
MIKE ION

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Signs of progress give cause for optimism ahead of 2026 challenges

As we approach the end of another tough calendar year for school leaders and their teams, they deserve our…

Freddie Whittaker
Paul Whiteman
Opinion

Beyond the scroll: 5 ways to support young people with social media 

Students tell me their biggest sources of stress are not tied to social media, but instead to their futures

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Helen Care
Opinion

Teachers need support to defend diversity from far-right attacks

As the prime minister has affirmed, we will not surrender our flag. Nor will we surrender our future to…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nikos Savvas

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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,…

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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,…

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
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