Opinion: SEND

SEND reforms must be based on evidence, not opinion

From funding to policy making, our current models are not fit to deliver an inclusive education system and must…

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Dr Peter Gray
The Knowledge

Is teacher collaboration ‘worth it’?

Teachers enjoy it, but how can we be sure collaboration leads to better decisions and outcomes?

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Dr Ourania Maria Ventista and C.J. Rauch
The Curriculum Conversation

Building on firm foundations: What to do about key stage 1

A stronger steer on the all-important transition from early years to school will help both sectors to ensure every…

JL Dutaut
Molly Devlin


Opinion: Policy

How Labour can get regional improvement teams right

Regional improvement teams are an understandable effort to spread capacity more equally, but the policy faces a number of…

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Sir David Carter
The Knowledge

How can education start to address STEM shortages?

Shortages and lack of diversity threaten the vital STEM sector, and EPI’s new report shows school is crucial to…

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Louis Hodge
Opinion: Accountability

Mapping the minefield between Labour and the ‘balanced report card’  

Delivering a ‘balanced report card’ requires Labour to walk a path beset by tricky decisions while carrying a wounded…

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Professor Colin Richards and Frank Norris
Opinion: Policy

Why RISE teams could be this government’s biggest educational legacy

A policy that picks up on the lasting impact of the London Challenge and the best MATs is good…

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Ed Dorrell
Opinion: Legal

Schools need greater clarity on performing social media checks

The current guidance is missing vital information, leaving schools in limbo and creating gaps in national school recruitment

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Dai Durbridge
Opinion: Accountability

How to make accountability fit for purpose in a changing world

A new Forum Strategy report reveals the consensus views of trust leaders on the future of school and trust…

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Nick Blackburn MBE and Sian Hampton

Must Read

The Curriculum Conversation

How to embed oracy as the national curriculum’s ‘fourth R’

Weaving oracy through all subjects can be focal point for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole….

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Geoff Barton
Opinion: SEND

A golden opportunity to help fix our broken SEND system

A new consultation invites schools and trusts to lead the way in fixing our broken SEND system

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Andrew O’Neill
Opinion: Policy

We can’t advise our way to school improvement

Failing to deal with legal and regulatory divisions will hamper the government’s attempts to drive up standards – but…

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Matt Hood

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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