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Can schools be expected to solve the obesity crisis?

Setting aside the moral question as to whether this is what schools should be doing, how easy is it…

JL Dutaut

Jonathan Haslam

Opinion

Case studies will help to show the benefits of flexible working

The fifth #WomenEd unconference highlighted the need for flexible working to become standard in schools, says Vivienne Porritt. But…

JL Dutaut

VIVIENNE PORRITT

Opinion

Challenges weigh on undervalued school business leaders

Survey results show a bleak and unsustainable situation for the school business leadership community. Hilary Goldsmith calls for action…

JL Dutaut

HILARY GOLDSMITH

Opinion

Ofqual's director for standards Cath Jadhav will move to Pearson to become the exam board's responsible officer

‘Unexplained exits’ stats have potential to be problematic, misleading and damaging

Last week, the Education Policy Institute published new research examining unexplained pupil exits from English schools. While the EPI…

John Dickens

DAVID CLAYTON

Opinion

Teachers are losing their religion and breaking the rules

Teachers are less religious today than they were 50 years ago. In some ways, this is no surprise –…

JL Dutaut

EVE DEBBAGE

Opinion

An early verdict on the new Ofsted framework

Ofsted has been inspecting schools under its new framework for little more than a month. It is probably too…

JL Dutaut

ALEX FORD

Opinion

Changing the educational set menu

As the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) publishes its second Reflecting Realities report, Sonia Thompson reflects on…

JL Dutaut

SONIA THOMPSON

Opinion

Taking primary teacher effectiveness to the next level

What do teachers in effective primary schools do? It’s a question teachers, teacher trainers, school leaders and policymakers alike…

Victoria

BRENDA TAGGART

Opinion

What next for school accountability?

Peer review has finally made it on to the political agenda as evidence of its benefits grows, writes Dr…

Victoria

Kate Chhatwal

Must Read

Opinion: SEND

The real SEND story behind the OBR shock

One trust leader calls for caution over shock estimates of the potential impact of SEND funding

John Dickens

48mins

Wayne Norrie

48mins

Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

Another way for school readiness, why phone bans ARE the brave choice and enrichment’s GCSE blinkers problem

Freddie Whittaker

Various

Opinion: school funding

5 helpful ways ministers can support schools to cut costs

With this week’s budget expected to offer little for squeezed schools, one trust leader outlines suggestions for ministers to…

John Dickens

Keziah Featherstone

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

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

4mo

Sam Sykes

4mo

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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