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Can professional development help improve teacher retention?

The National Foundation for Education Research and Teacher Development Trust have partnered up to research CPD’s impact on teacher…

JL Dutaut

JACK WORTH

Opinion

The DfE's Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders report shows the strain the profession in under

Growing workload threatens MAT chairs but can be tackled

As evidence grows that the role is at risk of becoming untenable, Emma Knights warns that we can’t afford…

JL Dutaut

EMMA KNIGHTS

Opinion

How can we prevent teacher burnout?

Harry Fletcher-Wood reviews recent findings on the causes and consequences of burnout, and effective strategies for its prevention According…

JL Dutaut

HARRY FLETCHER-WOOD

Opinion

Why Ofsted is (very nearly) right about the three-year KS4

Despite criticism, the case for ensuring schools deliver a broad and balanced curriculum is unarguable and Ofsted are right…

JL Dutaut

JON COLES

Opinion: Leadership

Raising diversity in STEM is a matter of leadership vision

Getting more girls in STEM is everyone’s business, and we all benefit from the outcomes, writes Shamsa Mahmood. Here’s…

JL Dutaut

SHAMSA MAHMOOD

Opinion

The best bets for having a good BETT

Love it or hate it, if you’re going to the 2020 BETT show, Cat Scutt has some tips to…

JL Dutaut

CAT SCUTT

Opinion

How much do teachers really need to know about the science of learning?

The last few years have seen an explosion of interest in the science of learning from the education sector….

JL Dutaut

CAT SCUTT

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

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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

6mo

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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