Opinion: Solutions

How to deliver a cradle-to-career service in every community

Our new report shows the transformative potential of local ‘cradle-to-career’ partnerships and how school leaders can lead them to…

JL Dutaut
Anne-Marie Sim
Opinion: Policy

How ministers can transition schools from competition to collaboration 

Based on six decades of school improvement, here are practical ways government can support its ambition for a more…

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Les Walton
Opinion: Independent schools

How government can foster better independent-state partnerships

Our new report sets out how government can encourage more, better pooling of resources across the state and independent…

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John Edward


Opinion: Careers

School leaders must embrace the updated Gatsby benchmarks

The Gatsby benchmarks are being updated after 10 years. Here’s why every leader needs to give them their full…

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Nathan Thomas
Opinion: Solutions

Five ways to avoid leadership burnout

Drawing on his experience as a leadership coach, Patrick Cozier sets out some effective ways to do the job…

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Patrick Cozier
Opinion: Solutions

A successful breakfast club is the first lesson of the day

Our award-winning breakfast club has been running for 16 years. Its success is down to being an integral part…

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Lisa Pegman
The Knowledge

How to use feedback effectively for CPD

Feedback is crucial to ongoing professional formation, so how can we ensure it hits home?

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Dr Ourania Maria Ventista and C.J. Rauch
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted already has a proven model of better inspections

Ofsted’s reforms could yet prove successful if the inspectorate is able to learn from its own best practice and…

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Kerry Boffey
Opinion: Policy

Five lessons from Behaviour Hubs – and why Labour should keep them

The Behaviour Hubs programme has highlighted best practice and provided a model for effectively meeting our biggest challenges

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Sam Strickland

Must Read

Labour’s first year

We’ve laid the foundations. Now we build

Education secretary says her government’s work so far is just the beginning, and here’s what comes next …

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Bridget Phillipson
Labour’s first year

Engaging trusts is key to the opportunity mission’s success

Ministers have shown they can listen to the sector. More of that will be necessary as the details of…

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Leora Cruddas
Labour’s first year

SEND: Hope still prevails, but Labour must learn to listen

Treating the specialist and alternative sectors as afterthoughts means ministers have missed chances to progress towards a more inclusive…

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Dr Nic Crossley

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,…

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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

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
Exams

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

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Stephen Caldwell

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