Opinion: SEND
An Ofsted report found gaps in SEND support in mainstream schools.

The SEND funding crisis can’t be hidden any longer

This year, the funding crisis affecting children with SEND and their families finally got the political attention it needs….

JL Dutaut
JULIE MCCULLOCH
Opinion

As 2020 dawns, primary schools face a perfect storm

Primaries, their teachers and pupils face an unprecedented crisis if things don’t change in 2020, says Robert Campbell. And…

JL Dutaut
ROBERT CAMPBELL
Opinion

Do schools understand what it’s like to be poor at Christmas?

A recent House of Commons Briefing Paper suggests that on current trends, by 2021/22, the share of children in…

JL Dutaut
LOIC MENZIES
Opinion: SEND

The SEND system desperately needs transformation in 2020

The new government needs to make the education of young people with SEND a top priority throughout the next…

JL Dutaut
CHRIS ROSSITER
Opinion

Secondary schools 2019. Great Expectations or Bleak House?

The dictionary of secondary schooling has seen a few new additions in 2019. Helena Marsh catalogues them, and makes…

JL Dutaut
HELENA MARSH
Opinion

No money. No ideas. A year of pure political purgatory

Schools have been visited by the ghosts or Christmas past, present and future this year, writes Laura McInerney. It’s…

JL Dutaut
LAURA MCINERNEY
Opinion

Character education is just another hurdle to jump

The development of the Department for Education’s work on “character” doesn’t always fit with the experiences of the most…

JL Dutaut
LYNSEY BURRIDGE
Opinion

Schools won’t be inclusive until their efforts also apply to staff

Educators love to talk about role models, but that seldom extends to employing neuro-diverse staff, says Thomas Keaney. To…

JL Dutaut
THOMAS KEANEY
Opinion

Election 2019: What do Schools Week readers think?

It’s been clear since we started in 2014 that Schools Week readers are a political bunch, and it’s always…

Freddie Whittaker
FREDDIE WHITTAKER

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Opinion

We’re yet to see what this white paper really means for academy trusts

This is an inflection point for the trust sector. And its direction still feels rather uncertain

Freddie Whittaker
Michael Pain
Opinion

‘No excuses’ doctrine means zero insight into barriers a child faces

Education has been warped by false divides, but schools that use vulnerability indices to identify need have found a…

Freddie Whittaker
Lee Elliot Major
Opinion

Best performing schools have the fewest disadvantaged pupils

Children who are doubly disadvantaged – both having SEND and coming from low-income families – are being shut out…

Freddie Whittaker
Charlotte O’Regan

EXAMS

Assessment

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
Assessment

Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

JL Dutaut
Reza Schwitzer
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