Opinion

6 ways trusts can boost teacher retention

Crunching the data from seven years of School Workforce Census let us identify the best ways that trusts can…

Expert Contributor
SIR DAVID CARTER
Opinion

Valuing the curriculum in its own right

If the only reason to study a subject is a passing grade, it’s no wonder that many pupils do…

Expert Contributor
BEN NEWMARK
Opinion

It’s time to take a long view on the recruitment crisis

The government’s latest boost for new maths and physics teachers may not solve much, apart from attracting staff to…

Expert Contributor
MARK BOYLAN


Opinion

Can networks close the research practice gap in the classroom?

Networks are powerful. Look at Barack Obama’s election based on community networks through the “snowflake model’ to see the…

Expert Contributor
JESSICA MASON BLAKEY
Opinion

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children need support from schools

Pupils from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds have the lowest school attainment of all ethnic groups, says Patricia Stapleton….

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PATRICIA STAPLETON
Opinion

It’s not fair that getting an EHC plan could depend on your postcode

The headlines from today’s new data on the number of education, health and care (EHC) plans show a dramatic…

John Dickens
KAREN WESPIESER
Opinion

Who wants to be a millionaire? Teachers…

Are teachers hungry for money or driven by compassion for others? It sounds a simplistic choice. But an interesting…

Laura McInerney
LAURA MCINERNEY
Opinion

I’m proud to be a Conservative, but the funding crisis makes me angry

The Conservative party has achieved much in education, says Steve Mastin, but school funding has become a huge distraction…

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STEVE MASTIN
Opinion

Ten tips for good teacher recruitment

As the resignation deadline for staff planning to leave in the summer looms, Anna Hennell James’ hints help to…

Expert Contributor
ANNA HENNELL JAMES

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Maw
Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

JL Dutaut
Cllr Zena Brabazon
Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

JL Dutaut
Poppy Nobes

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

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
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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