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Giving UTCs a lifeline through the free school model

UTCs face a big challenge in that the English school system isn’t set up for recruitment at 14, but there are ways…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Leadership of school leadership is a white male preserve

The new board of the Foundation for Leadership in Education is all white and nearly all male – a…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

How the Tories made a hash of school breakfasts

When Labour’s shadow minister for terrible live interview, Diane Abbott, made an error on national radio about the cost…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

How do the education manifestos stack up?

Jon Andrews looks at how each of the three main parties proposes to tackle some of the main challenges…

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Opinion

Less rhetoric, more funding for schools, please

The Conservative manifesto talks about governing from the mainstream, but its education policies hardly match the rhetoric, claims Kiran…

Kiran Gill

Opinion

3 things I learned about social mobility

Participation in higher education from young people in disadvantaged groups is greater than ever – but is this the…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

How schools can support students during Ramadan

Ramadan starts around May 27 for a month. Schools need to be prepared and aware that some students (and…

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Opinion

Is teacher workload a matter of perception?

Teachers face two types of demand that affect how they perceive their workload, says Ben White – which is…

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Opinion

Marking Labour’s education manifesto: could do better…

Labour’s manifesto shows that it wants to do an awful lot in education. But look for specifics and you’ll…

Kiran Gill

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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

13h

Rebecca Maw

13h

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

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

EXAMS

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,…

JL Dutaut

James Handscombe

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