The Research Leader

Six lessons from the biggest ever study on pupil engagement

Trends arising from a study of over 100,000 pupils sheds light on how school leaders can best tackle attendance,…

JL Dutaut
Jonny Sobczyk Boddington
The Research Leader

What leaders really want from NPQs (and the review isn’t asking)

In-depth research with school leaders reveals what the NPQ review should actually be asking them and how the programmes…

JL Dutaut
Shane Leaning
Opinion: SEND

What we can learn from other countries about ‘SEND’ funding

England is increasingly an outlier in its approach to identifying and meeting learners’ needs

JL Dutaut
Amanda Watkins
Opinion: Funding

The hidden funding cut that will soon affect your school

Cuts to support for a group of vulnerable children garnered little attention, but they will have consequences for the…

JL Dutaut
Lucy Watson
Opinion: Accountability

How will we know if RISE teams are really helping?

Labour’s school improvement drive is well-intentioned, but a crucial piece of the policy puzzle is missing that could undermine…

JL Dutaut
Stuart Gardner
Opinion: Policy

Ministers are wrong to let an app undermine results day

There’s a certain hypocrisy in rolling out an app that will keep kids at home while professing concern about…

JL Dutaut
Jon Bryan
Opinion: Solutions

How to build a new system on inclusive foundations

We need to re-draw the incentives that drive SEND provision, starting upstream of diagnosis and right down to how…

JL Dutaut
Matt Hood
Opinion

How assessment should (and shouldn’t) evolve in the age of AI

We can no longer ignore how AI is changing the assessment landscape – but it doesn’t mean what many…

JL Dutaut
Daisy Christodoulou
Opinion: Politics

Politicians must set out a brighter vision for children

Reclaiming childhood is key to winning the hearts and minds of disenfranchised communities. Here’s what Labour and the Conservatives…

JL Dutaut
Will Bickford Smith

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Opinion

Nigel de Gruchy, the teachers’ champion who savaged with a soundbite

The former trade union leader has died at the age of 82. One of his successors, Dr Patrick Roach,…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Patrick Roach
Opinion

Education starts at home, so we bought 20 of them for families

Short-term lets and instability wreck a child’s likelihood of succeeding academically – we cannot ignore what goes on outside…

Freddie Whittaker
John Barneby
Opinion

Teacher recruitment is turning a corner, but headline figures mask challenges

Increased entries to teacher training should be source of pride, but government must not forget communities where recovery won’t…

Freddie Whittaker
Paddy Dempsey

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,…

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

JL Dutaut
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
Sam Sykes
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,…

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
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