Opinion

Save music education to beat the drum for ‘Global Britain’

After nine years of austerity, the Conservatives have promised a spending spree. But will it be enough to rescue…

JL Dutaut
MATT GRIFFITHS
Opinion
Unions have called on the government to formally publish the STRB's pay recommendation for teachers

Funding and pay take centre stage (again) as Commons returns

Teacher pay increases are likely to dampen funding increases and will be felt unequally across the education system, writes…

JL Dutaut
JON ANDREWS
Opinion

Transforming Ofsted’s ‘stuck schools’ is a moral imperative

The challenges facing 400 ‘stuck’ schools are complex and unique to each, but getting stuck into overcoming them is…

JL Dutaut
JULIE SLATER
Opinion

‘No judgment’ can’t become Ofsted’s new ‘inadequate’

Rethinking the inspectorate’s approach to ‘stuck’ schools is a great idea but the policy isn’t without risks, writes Cassandra…

JL Dutaut
CASSIE YOUNG
Opinion

What can parental engagement really do for schools?

My last research piece in these pages looked at the difficulties facing schools when addressing a whole-community issue (fitness…

JL Dutaut
JONATHAN HASLAM
Opinion

Evidence, not stereotyes, will help white working-class boys succeed

The underachievement of white, working-class boys has made the headlines again this Christmas. But what does it take the…

JL Dutaut
LESLEY BISHOP
Opinion

Should independent school heads ever be on the New Years honours list?

There’s something wrong with the honours system if it rewards independent school heads and omits more worthy recipients of…

JL Dutaut
DAN TOWNSEND
Opinion
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Government has a dangerous lack of ambition for teacher training

The teacher training core content framework is an unambitious document, writes David Spendlove. It’s the opposite of what the…

JL Dutaut
PROFESSOR DAVID SPENDLOVE
Opinion

Stuck schools need support, not a merry-go-round of headteachers

A small number of schools are failing to improve under the current system. For them, a new approach is…

JL Dutaut
AMANDA SPIELMAN

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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

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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,…

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
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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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