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‘Low-cost’ schools are an experiment worth backing

Don’t knock “low-cost” schools – they have the potential to improve efficiency across the sector, says James Croft Affordable…

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JAMES CROFT

Opinion

Headteachers have more power to discipline staff

Recently updated schools guidance will make it easier for headteachers to discipline staff for “inappropriate” behaviour outside the school…

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GRAHAM BURNS

Opinion

Four finance mistakes academy trusts should avoid

Phillip Reynolds explains the big four finance rules academy trusts should be aware of The BBC’s screening of Panorama’s…

Phil Reynolds

PHILLIP REYNOLDS

Opinion

How can the government better support MATs?

With speculation rife that the national schools commissioner role might disappear, Michael Pain lays out what he thinks DfE…

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MICHAEL PAIN

Opinion

Why inset days should be like a driving awareness course

Teachers should get excited about inset days – after all, they’re a luxury most professionals don’t get, says Karen Wespieser,…

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KAREN WESPIESER

Opinion

When do practicals work well in science?

Do pupils learn more science when they’re taught in classrooms – with the teacher explaining concepts – or in…

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PHIL NAYLOR

Opinion

Why the DfE’s plan to spend £2.3m on cost-cutting consultants is a great deal for schools

My twitter timeline heated up a bit last night when I saw quite a lot of negativity to the…

Alix Robertson

MICON METCALFE

Opinion

GCSE 2018 Variability Charts: Are Your Results Normal?

GCSE results are out. Each year Ofqual produces boring-sounding variability charts. It sounds dull but they show how many…

Laura McInerney

LAURA MCINERNEY

Opinion

When did ‘knowledge-rich’ and ‘enquiry-based’ learning become mutually exclusive?

‘Knowledge-rich’ and ‘enquiry-based’ learning are not mutually exclusive – the government is pursuing a high-risk strategy by allowing ideology…

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SANDRA LEATON GRAY

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Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

JL Dutaut

Rebecca Maw

Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

JL Dutaut

Cllr Zena Brabazon

Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

JL Dutaut

Poppy Nobes

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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

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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

John Dickens

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Sam Sykes

2mo

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

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