Opinion

How partnership working will work…and why it could fail

In the nine years Nick Gibb has been minister for schools (under one guise or another), we’ve seen a…

Catherine Murray
CATH MURRAY
Opinion

Top tips for managing transport in schools

Transport safety in schools is about a lot more than an annual service of the school minibus, says Surekha…

Expert Contributor
SUREKHA GOLLAPUDI
Opinion

How to make collaborative learning worthwhile

Everything that teachers do has a cost, a benefit, and (ideally) a valuable balance between the two. Often that…

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C.J. RAUNCH
Opinion

There are no easy answers to school refusal

School refusal may be a little more understood that when it was identified in the 1930s, but we still…

Expert Contributor
FRAN MORGAN
Opinion

Ofsted’s evidence is so unfounded that their case for retaining grades collapses

Ofsted’s defence of its four-point grading scheme in its recent paper (Retaining the current grading system in education, April…

John Dickens
FRANK COFFIELD
Opinion
Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic

Which types of school are more likely to off-roll students?

It seems impossible that nearly 50,000 pupils disappeared from schools last year for no apparent reason. But this is…

Expert Contributor
SHONA GALT
Opinion

Who needs coding when it’s pupil safety that matters?

Schools would be better using their limited edtech resources to help pupils to stay safe and develop as informed…

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LAURA LARKE
Opinion

What does a ‘high quality’ ITE curriculum look like?

Successful ITE curricula are co-designed and co-taught across a partnership, says Jan Rowe Ofsted’s recent attempt to confirm what…

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JAN ROWE
Opinion
Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic but exclusions still falling

Too many children are disappearing from school rolls

There are still too many unexplained exits from schools, at a level that cannot be in the best interests…

Expert Contributor
JO HUTCHINSON

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Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

John Dickens
Sir Hamid Patel
Parental leave

Some schools have cracked parental leave – so why can’t everyone? 

Education leaders must take note of a parliamentary debate last week on maternity and paternity pay, says Emma Sheppard

John Dickens
Emma Sheppard
Inclusion

Ofsted says identify children previously in care. But how?

Ofsted’s new focus will ensure children previously known to social care become more visible – but schools need better…

John Dickens
Kiran Gill

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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

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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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