Opinion

Politicians, like pupils, need high expectations

Schools are the most hopeful places in the world. Over the past week I hope you’ve had a chance…

Laura McInerney
LAURA MCINERNEY
Opinion

A ‘marginal gains’ approach to teacher recruitment is not enough

Short-term tinkering after a decade of disruption will not reverse dwindling numbers, warns David Spendlove. The government needs to…

Expert Contributor
DAVID SPENDLOVE
Opinion

The Daily Mile is no magic bullet

The low-cost, straightforward and high-profile Daily Mile initiative is drawing wide support, says Andy Daly-Smith, but there is limited…

Expert Contributor
ANDY DALY-SMITH
Opinion
A new evaluation report looks at the impact of early years reforms

5 things schools should know about early-years education

Children get profound, long-lasting benefits from their earliest exposure to teaching, from academic and non-cognitive development to better health…

Expert Contributor
ALISON PEACOCK
Opinion

Can Damian Hinds do the maths on teacher pay?

Over the past few weeks, the education secretary Damian Hinds has been trying to solve a complicated maths problem….

Laura McInerney
LAURA MCINERNEY
Opinion

Contextualised university admissions: how to make them fairer

Now we have consensus that more diverse admissions benefit both students and universities, Sam Butters writes, it’s time to…

Leanne Edwards
SAM BUTTERS
Opinion

Ofsted DOES care about the early years

There is much more to Ofsted’s engagement with the early years sector than the chief inspector’s visits to individual…

Expert Contributor
GILL JONES
Opinion

Let’s fix school structures, then we can turn to curriculum

It’s eight years this month since Michael Gove slammed the Academies Act through the Commons and gave us the…

Laura McInerney
LAURA MCINERNEY
Opinion

The schools that are building democracy into their education

This week has been declared the UK’s first-ever ‘National democracy week’ in an effort to get people more interested…

Expert Contributor
FIONA CARNIE

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Opinion: SEND

The real SEND story behind the OBR shock

One trust leader calls for caution over shock estimates of the potential impact of SEND funding

John Dickens
Wayne Norrie
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This week’s best responses from our readers

Another way for school readiness, why phone bans ARE the brave choice and enrichment’s GCSE blinkers problem

Freddie Whittaker
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Opinion: school funding

5 helpful ways ministers can support schools to cut costs

With this week’s budget expected to offer little for squeezed schools, one trust leader outlines suggestions for ministers to…

John Dickens
Keziah Featherstone

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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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