Opinion: Leadership

Supporting teachers to support Ukraine is a win-win-win

Ukraine is in the headlines again this week as peace talks between Russia and the United States are set…

JL Dutaut
Yuliya Kosko
Opinion: Accountability

How we’ll help the sector deliver its ambition of inclusion

Our proposals put inclusion for disadvantaged and vulnerable young people and those with SEND at the heart of Ofsted’s…

JL Dutaut
Adam Sproston and Lee Owston
Opinion: SEND

Five reforms the select committee SEND inquiry must deliver

Creating a system that meets the needs of all learners will require training, new incentives, support, guidance and investment

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Georgina Durrant
Opinion: Academy trusts

Trust centralisation can’t be judged on numbers alone

Centralisation is about delivering more bang for your buck, and the numbers show that’s exactly what well-structured trusts do

JL Dutaut
Chris Kirk
Opinion: Leadership

Why more schools should be courting the media spotlight

Recent experience has changed my mind about engaging with the media. The sector should take the initiative on telling…

JL Dutaut
Gavin Booth
The Curriculum Conversation

How to ensure the new curriculum boosts growth

If Labour’s opportunity mission is going to help deliver its economic aims, then curriculum must better support routes into…

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Kate Ambrosi
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted and DfE are still not there with solving inclusion

The Ofsted draft framework is a missed opportunity to start aligning our incentives with our shared inclusive vision

JL Dutaut
Keziah Featherstone
Opinion: Legal

Kristie Higgs v. Farmor’s School: Implications for the sector

A landmark judgment means schools will need to think carefully about how to balance employees’ free speech and ‘reputational…

JL Dutaut
Joanne Moseley
Opinion: Governance

How to overcome governance’s diversity problem

Let’s mark National School Governors’ Awareness Day by committing to broadening this vital workforce

JL Dutaut
Victoria Hatton and Adrian Rogers

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Opinion: Edtech

AI bias poses serious risks for learners with SEND

The promise of personalised learning masks very real risks that demand careful attention from educators and policymakers

JL Dutaut
Michael Finlay
Opinion: Curriculum

What teachers want from a reformed English GCSE

The dialogue surrounding curriculum reform in England, particularly within GCSE English, remains as essential as ever.  Recent insights from…

JL Dutaut
Leandri Dannhauser
Opinion: Teaching Commission

Here’s how we can finally begin to fix the teacher supply crisis

If we’re going to hang on to more of them, then teachers need a better deal than summer respite…

JL Dutaut
Baroness Mary Bousted

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

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David Spendlove
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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 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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Stephen Caldwell
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