Opinion: Policy

The keys to success for Labour’s RISE teams

Here’s what the government’s new regional teams can learn from previous policy successes in school improvement

JL Dutaut
Mel Ainscow
Opinion: Curriculum

Reading aloud: How we’re tackling the literacy gap

As figures reveal a ‘dispiriting’ drop in reading for pleasure and literacy gaps persist, we are taking a trust-wide…

JL Dutaut
Richard Tutt
Opinion: Workforce

How to make flexible working work for your school

As the sector moves inexorably towards offer more flexible working opportunities, here are some tried-and-tested approaches and their benefits

JL Dutaut
Ashleigh Briggs


Opinion: Policy

The cost of our dysfunctional school meals system

More and more families are getting in debt to their schools to feed their children, reveals a new survey

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Georgina Burt
Opinion: Workforce

How government can deliver more flexible working opportunities

A planned review of NPQs creates a golden opportunity to use the golden thread of teacher development to mend…

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Professor Samantha Twiselton
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

Must Read

The Curriculum Conversation

The last thing history needs is more revolution

History teachers already have the tools to drive improvement. We mustn’t jeopardise that in the quest to modernise

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Michael Fordham
Opinion: Workforce

We’re backing teachers because we have a job to do together

Today’s investment is a clear sign of the government’s commitment to partnership in delivering high and rising standards for…

JL Dutaut
Bridget Phillipson
Opinion: Legal

Legal: How to manage restructuring, redundancies and industrial action

With more budget cuts on the horizon, here are some answers to the questions leaders ask us most about…

JL Dutaut
Sarah Linden

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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell

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