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Being in the privileged position of re-elected Chair of both the best and most important select committee at Westminster…

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How much impact does CPD really have? Here’s the evidence

In a profession as complex as teaching, it seems obvious that we should provide educators with access to professional…

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Schools and MATs need to take urgent action on GDPR

Data safeguarding is as important as any other safeguarding and more work needs to be done to ensure schools…

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Trainee teachers’ mental health should be ringing alarm bells

Beyond the rhetoric of greater mental health provision in schools for both pupils and staff, not enough has been…

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Too little data on restraint puts children at risk

Growing concern about the use of restraint in schools has led the Equality and Human Rights Commission to launch…

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An open letter to the new members of the Education Select Committee

Congratulations! Not only did you get appointed onto the best of the select committees (I may be biased) but…

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