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Teachers are losing their religion and breaking the rules

Teachers are less religious today than they were 50 years ago. In some ways, this is no surprise –…

JL Dutaut

EVE DEBBAGE

Opinion

An early verdict on the new Ofsted framework

Ofsted has been inspecting schools under its new framework for little more than a month. It is probably too…

JL Dutaut

ALEX FORD

Opinion

Changing the educational set menu

As the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) publishes its second Reflecting Realities report, Sonia Thompson reflects on…

JL Dutaut

SONIA THOMPSON

Opinion

Taking primary teacher effectiveness to the next level

What do teachers in effective primary schools do? It’s a question teachers, teacher trainers, school leaders and policymakers alike…

Victoria

BRENDA TAGGART

Opinion

What next for school accountability?

Peer review has finally made it on to the political agenda as evidence of its benefits grows, writes Dr…

Victoria

Kate Chhatwal

Opinion

Making trustees trustworthy again after WCAT

The deeper scandal of Wakefield City Academy Trust is that it could all too easily happen again. All that’s…

Victoria

Martin Matthews

Opinion

Removing parent governors will be seen as power grab to stifle dissent

Three years ago the then education secretary Justine Greening announced she was dropping her predecessor’s proposal to remove the…

John Dickens

EMMA KNIGHTS

Opinion

A hundred years of randomness: Dr Ben Styles on education RCTs

On Monday around 100 education researchers and users of research gathered at the Royal Statistical Society to celebrate the…

Expert Contributor

DR BEN STYLES

Opinion

Time to get serious about children with additional needs

The SEND Code of Practice is routinely broken because a number of factors are not being addressed. Simply moving…

Expert Contributor

JO HUTCHINSON

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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

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

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University clearing: How teachers can support students

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens

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Sam Sykes

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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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