Opinion

Children shouldn’t be able to skip RE

High quality religious education should be a fundamental part of every school’s offer. It’s too important for young people…

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SARAH HANNAFIN
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Don’t underestimate the importance of school culture for retaining teachers!

Support for new teachers needs something more intangible than a framework; the right environment is vital too, says Cat…

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CAT SCUTT
Opinion

What the new Ofsted framework says about the curriculum

Ofsted doesn’t need a new inspection framework, says Frank Norris. But as it’s here, he urges “all colleagues to…

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FRANK NORRIS
Opinion

The Early Career Framework will stop us throwing new teachers in at the deep end

Clare Sealy explains why the new early career framework is the best bit of edu-news she’s seen for some…

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CLARE SEALY
Opinion
qualified teacher status

The Early Career Framework: disconnected, piecemeal and lacking ambition!

The government’s teacher recruitment and retention strategy has been warmly welcomed in most quarters, but David Spendlove finds it…

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DAVID SPENDLOVE
Opinion

Hinds is right to shift focus from recruitment to retention

The recruitment and retention strategy covers the right areas, but will need to develop effective policy detail quickly to…

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JACK WORTH
Opinion

How research can help address students’ recurring mistakes

I can’t begin to estimate the number of times I have written the same feedback on a student’s work…

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CAROLINE CREABY
Opinion

Don’t knock the prog-trad debate – at least we’re having one!

Most people helping to shape, fund or implement education policy in much of the world do so without expert…

Jonathan Simons
JONATHAN SIMONS
Opinion

Maths teaching for mastery: Is it worth it?

The Shanghai Teacher Exchange has been deemed ineffective for improving maths SATs scores, but does this mean teaching mastery…

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MARK BOYLAN

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How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

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Finola Wilson
Opinion: Workforce

The sector has taken another big step in parent-teacher support

Developments at the National Education Union’s conference give hope that we may soon stem the flow of parents out…

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Emma Sheppard
Opinion: Accountability

How Ofsted can ensure inclusion and equity go hand in hand

Ofsted must ensure its new framework for inclusion is applied consistently and fairly in every school

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Lee Elliot Major

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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
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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

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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The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

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…

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