Opinion: Policy

How ministers can transition schools from competition to collaboration 

Based on six decades of school improvement, here are practical ways government can support its ambition for a more…

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Les Walton
Opinion: Independent schools

How government can foster better independent-state partnerships

Our new report sets out how government can encourage more, better pooling of resources across the state and independent…

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John Edward
Opinion: Careers

School leaders must embrace the updated Gatsby benchmarks

The Gatsby benchmarks are being updated after 10 years. Here’s why every leader needs to give them their full…

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Nathan Thomas
Opinion: Solutions

Five ways to avoid leadership burnout

Drawing on his experience as a leadership coach, Patrick Cozier sets out some effective ways to do the job…

JL Dutaut
Patrick Cozier
Opinion: Solutions

A successful breakfast club is the first lesson of the day

Our award-winning breakfast club has been running for 16 years. Its success is down to being an integral part…

JL Dutaut
Lisa Pegman
The Knowledge

How to use feedback effectively for CPD

Feedback is crucial to ongoing professional formation, so how can we ensure it hits home?

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Dr Ourania Maria Ventista and C.J. Rauch
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted already has a proven model of better inspections

Ofsted’s reforms could yet prove successful if the inspectorate is able to learn from its own best practice and…

JL Dutaut
Kerry Boffey
Opinion: Policy

Five lessons from Behaviour Hubs – and why Labour should keep them

The Behaviour Hubs programme has highlighted best practice and provided a model for effectively meeting our biggest challenges

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Sam Strickland
Opinion: Politics

Can education learn to stop worrying and love collaboration?

Bridget Phillipson’s emerging vision marks an end to competition as the primary driver of school improvement – but is…

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Ed Dorrell

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Opinion: Solutions
A new Ofsted research report looks at effective practice for secondary school pupils struggling with reading

How to make your school library a truly inclusive space

Your school library can be a powerhouse of support and a hub of belonging for every pupil in the…

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Victoria Dilly
Opinion: Mental health

School environments are only worsening the student mental health crisis

Our education model is simply not equal to the demands of the world our children inhabit. It’s no wonder…

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Dr. Nikos Savvas
Opinion: Edtech

Safeguarding is not a sufficient response to new technologies

We will keep walking a tightrope between innovation and protection until we can provide equal access to the right…

JL Dutaut
Paul Singh

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
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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

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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,…

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James Handscombe
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