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Schools: you must tell pupils about apprenticeships!

After news broke that only two of the 10 largest multi-academy trusts are actually implementing the so-called Baker Clause,…

Lord Kenneth Baker

Opinion

How school leaders can be sucked into dodgy dealings

Before I became a teacher I briefly worked for KPMG, one of the world’s largest auditors. It was shortly…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

Free schools: do their outcomes justify the cost?

There’s not enough evidence yet to see whether free schools have worked, says Tom Richmond, but what we do…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

The reception year isn’t all about learning to read

The UK’s dogmatic approach to teaching reading does a disservice to the different ways and speeds at which young…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Education ministers need to stop arguing about skills

It is beyond tedious to watch two ministers argue in public over the meaning of the word ‘skills’ when…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

Progress 8 is biased towards grammar schools – here’s the solution

The school progress measures were a step in the right direction, but in their current form they can only…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

How can the DfE use EdTech to reduce teacher workload?

Justine Greening was making progress on using EdTech to alleviate workload – here’s what she’d achieved so far, and…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Universal Infant Free School Meals – what has the impact been so far?

Some parents and school leaders believe free lunches are having positive effects on the lives of infants and their…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

How did ‘child-centred’ dogma get established in schools?

Mary Woolley interviewed 13 veterans of history teaching, in an effort to discover how teaching has changed over the…

Expert Contributor

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We’re yet to see what this white paper really means for academy trusts

This is an inflection point for the trust sector. And its direction still feels rather uncertain

Freddie Whittaker

Michael Pain

Opinion

‘No excuses’ doctrine means zero insight into barriers a child faces

Education has been warped by false divides, but schools that use vulnerability indices to identify need have found a…

Freddie Whittaker

Lee Elliot Major

Opinion

Best performing schools have the fewest disadvantaged pupils

Children who are doubly disadvantaged – both having SEND and coming from low-income families – are being shut out…

Freddie Whittaker

Charlotte O’Regan

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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

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Assessment

Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

JL Dutaut

Reza Schwitzer

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