Opinion

What is going on with compulsory sex education and PSHE?

The consensus on the need for compulsory sex education has never been stronger, but it’s understandable that campaigners are…

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Opinion

How curiosity-driven science suffered a blow in the 60s

As the debate rages once again between “traditional” and “progressive” curriculums, and between formal and informal methods of teaching,…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

We can turn the tidal wave of mental health problems

The growing sense of a crisis in schools prompted his new book, says John Tomsett. It seems that a…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor


Opinion

Let the teens read Mills & Boon!

Kids should be exposed to all kinds of books (and that includes Mills & Boon), says Joy Ballard. As…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Easy books aren’t the route to a lifelong love of reading

Forget the pap: kids should have access to good quality books to get them to read, says Katie Ashford….

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Education is suffering two types of blind spot: can you see them?

There are two types of blind spot: one in your eyes, the other in the world around you. Education…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

How politics changed education in 2016

What would have seemed more likely at the start of the year, asks Natalie Perera. Brexit, more grammars or…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

The ups and downs of school finances have been exhausting to watch

It’s been a bumpy year, with school leaders left wondering who to watch for the next flurry of activity,…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Governor’s review 2016: Where does power really lie in multi-academy trusts?

This year has brought some much-needed clarity to the issue of multi-academy trust governance, says Naureen Khalid, as well…

Naureen Khalid
Naureen Khalid

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Wellbeing

Improving wellbeing hinges on putting the right data into the right hands

New dashboards promise to better inform school leaders and communities about local young people’s wellbeing

JL Dutaut
David Gregson
Solutions

Seven tips to support autistic students through exam season 

Seven tried-and-tested approaches to help autistic learners achieve their potential and have the best possible experience of exam season

JL Dutaut
Gemma Buley
Religious education

The antidote to extremism is effective Religious Education

Rising social tensions leaking into our schools should be the province of a well-trained workforce of RE teachers, says…

JL Dutaut
Sanjeev Baga

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

JL Dutaut
David Spendlove

EXAMS

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
Exams

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell

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