Opinion: Accountability

This week’s announcements undermine Ofsted’s credibility

An announcement meant to reassure the sector will in fact only exacerbate fears that the inspectorate can’t do its…

JL Dutaut
Frank Norris and Colin Richards
Opinion: Curriculum review

Evolution? A quiet curriculum revolution is already underway

A group of schools is pioneering what should be the basis for the Francis review’s big ‘GCSE reset’

JL Dutaut
Al McConville
Opinion: Policy

Mapping the way out of education’s poly-crisis

This report doesn’t just call for a system based on professionalism – it models it, and shows us how…

JL Dutaut
Dan Morrow
Opinion: Curriculum

How we’re transforming sixth form in and for disadvantaged communities

Here’s how we became a top-performing MAT for disadvantaged students’ academic and vocational outcomes at KS5

JL Dutaut
James Lovell
Opinion: SEND

How to prepare for more pupils with more complex needs

These five key initiatives are driving our secondary school’s readiness to meet increasing needs among pupils locally

JL Dutaut
Jude Macdonald
Opinion: Curriculum

Voice 21 at 10: Oracy must define education’s next decade

Oracy education has taken off. Now the prime minister must make sure it lands in every school

JL Dutaut
Peter Hyman
The Research Leader

Is Key Stage 3 a barrier to opportunity?

New research suggests the government should be developing a new and improved version of New Labour’s ‘gifted and talented’…

JL Dutaut
John Jerrim
The Legal Leader

Legal: What the new phase of the Covid inquiry means for schools

Here’s what ‘Module 8’ of the Covid inquiry will aim to ascertain, along with some advice for schools and…

JL Dutaut
Krishna Pancholi
The Curriculum Conversation

Geography needs convergence – but without the earthquakes

The current curriculum is too limited in scope to help young people meet the challenges of the future, but…

JL Dutaut
Mark Enser

Must Read

Opinion

Teachers can make English sing…or mute it with a fronted adverbial

Despite some concerns about the curriculum and assessment review, there is room for hopeful interpretation

Freddie Whittaker
Summer Turner
Opinion

Social mobility can be harmful if it means ditching your roots

Schools need to replace deficit-based narratives with approaches that celebrate belonging, dignity and identity affirmation, says Danielle Lewis-Egonu

Freddie Whittaker
Danielle Lewis-Egnou
The Business Leader

The school business leader role has evolved, but do policymakers know?

Today’s practitioners lead across finance, estates, people, digital systems, governance and organisational improvement. The language we use has not…

Freddie Whittaker
Stephen Morales

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
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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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