Opinion

PISA 2018: What we have learned about children’s life satisfaction

While the study reports that most English 15-year-olds are happy, Dr Angela Donkin says the figures indicate some concerning…

JL Dutaut
DR ANGELA DONKIN
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Schools don’t need to develop young people’s resilience alone

Investing in developing young people’s resilience is investing in their future and ours. Scouts has been working at it…

JL Dutaut
ANN LIMB
Opinion

PISA results reflect persistent disadvantage gap in UK education

Today’s publication of the OECD’s international education league tables are likely to generate excited headlines, but the reality is…

JL Dutaut
JOSHUA FULLARD
Opinion

Could fixing retention be easier than politicians make out?

The mistaken belief that money doesn’t matter to teachers has consequences. For too long, policymakers have relied on the…

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DR SAM SIMS
Opinion

School communities can take action now on climate change

Until such time as politicians put the environment at the heart of policy, school climate strikes will continue to…

JL Dutaut
FIONA CARNIE
Opinion

Helping schools walk their talk on climate change

There is still a gap between talk and the education sector’s response to our changing climate, writes Felicity Liggins….

JL Dutaut
FELICITY LIGGINS
Opinion
Recruitment

Will general election promises solve the recruitment and retention crisis?

Figures published today show the Department for Education (DfE) has missed its secondary teacher training target for a seventh…

JL Dutaut
JACK WORTH
Opinion

What schools can learn from Game of Thrones on mottos

I’m fairly sure my school had a motto, but I can’t remember what it was. What I can remember…

John Dickens
BAZ RAMAIAH
Opinion
Suspensions among pupils back up during second year of pandemic but exclusions still falling

Is it ever OK to remove a child from your roll?

Ofsted has been downgrading schools that “off-roll” students. But what does it actually mean? Cath Murray explains… The whole…

John Dickens
CATH MURRAY

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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

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Michael Pain
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‘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
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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…

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Charlotte O’Regan

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Assessment

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
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

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Reza Schwitzer
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