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
Opinion

Schools deserve better than an inspectorate that’s come unstuck

The school inspectorate’s Fight or Flight report is a damning admission of its own failures, writes Mary Bousted. But…

JL Dutaut
MARY BOUSTED
Opinion

What Dominic Cummings got right about the civil service…and what he got wrong

Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s top adviser, has caused a stir with a blog post pledging widespread reform of the…

Freddie Whittaker
NATALIE PERERA
Opinion

Cuts and overbearing accountability have driven me out of headship

Andy Mellor, the past president of the NAHT, has left his role at St Nicholas Church of England primary…

Freddie Whittaker
ANDY MELLOR
News, Opinion

Should inspections be ‘no-notice’ for inspectors as well as schools?

Following the Conservatives’ election victory, no-notice inspections of schools are likely to be trialed in England. Colin Richards believes this…

Freddie Whittaker
COLIN RICHARDS
Opinion
academy

School business leaders are transforming schools and the system

Despite the backdrop of continued political uncertainty and a government in relative paralysis, 2019 has been an exciting year…

JL Dutaut
STEPHEN MORALES
Opinion
Ofqual's director for standards Cath Jadhav will move to Pearson to become the exam board's responsible officer

History repeats for school governors in 2019 funding crisis

Education has gone as far back to basics as it possibly can, writes Martin Matthews. If only politicians found…

JL Dutaut
MARTIN MATTHEWS

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First 16-year-old voters are already political, but they need schools’ support

Teenagers who will vote in 2029 are forming views without the structure or understanding schools should provide

Freddie Whittaker
Katie Carr
Opinion

Forget the buzzword bingo, here’s how schools can get belonging right

Children show us belonging is simple. If we see them, hear them, know them and accept them for who…

Freddie Whittaker
Anthony Benedict
Opinion

Intentional design: What stewardship of the school system really demands

A mature school system should allow for specialisation without stigma and for divestment without failure narratives, writes Becks Boomer-Clark

Freddie Whittaker
Becks Boomer-Clark

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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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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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