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How can we build and sustain headteachers’ capacity in difficult times?

School leaders are asked to manage their own stress and that of their school communities, often with little support….

JL Dutaut

RACHEL LOFTHOUSE

Opinion

In times of crisis it takes a village to raise a headteacher

Never has so much been asked of school leaders. Mike Armiger sets out how they can protect themselves now…

JL Dutaut

MIKE ARMIGER

Opinion

Our make-do-and-mend exam system must be built on trust

Understanding the limitations of the data we hold, and the inferences we will have to draw, are crucial to…

JL Dutaut

BEN WHITE

Opinion

Schools urgently need more guidance around key worker status

Headteachers are ultimately in charge of who accesses their schools but better guidance is needed quickly, writes Esther Maxwell…

JL Dutaut

ESTHER MAXWELL

Opinion

We’re acting for vulnerable people but more is needed

The Youth Endowment Fund is calling for more action from government to support vulnerable young people and matching words…

JL Dutaut

JON YATES

Opinion

Should character play any part in educator development?

Bunkum and divination have made their way on to educator development programmes and even leadership interviews, write Matt Hood…

JL Dutaut

MATT HOOD AND NEIL GILBRIDE

Opinion

Do we value hard thinking, and what does it look like in the classroom?

Simplifying disciplines for novices is a big part of the job but making things hard is how we make…

JL Dutaut

HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD

Opinion

Schools have a new purpose. Here’s how we could fulfil it.

Schools are being asked to take a lead as a front-line service for their communities. Ben Gadsby sets out…

JL Dutaut

Ben Gadsby

Opinion

Accountability snapshots tell an incomplete story of schools

Schools, teachers and students deserve better than to see their stories reduced to statistical snapshots, writes filmmaker and ex-teacher…

JL Dutaut

JAIME TAYLOR

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Gove’s traditionalists won, but now they see what was lost

Militant discipline and explicit instruction delivered higher exam grades, but the debate has moved on as pupils disengage from…

Freddie Whittaker

Jon Hutchinson

The Research Leader

Pupil premium paperwork reveals schools snub effective strategies

Our review of 550 pupil premium strategies found many schools aren’t strategic at all – which suggests leaders need…

Freddie Whittaker

Emma Dobson

Opinion

Repairs to the school-parent contract must come from the top

The situation is not irreparable, and the first small steps have already been taken towards forging a more positive…

Freddie Whittaker

Victoria Hatton

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

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David Spendlove

EXAMS

Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens

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Sam Sykes

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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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