Opinion

School are not mini-immigration offices – and never should be

Schools should not make parents show their children’s passports. For anything. That’s a really simple rule. It’s also a…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Academies are vital to May’s reform agenda

The government’s determination to expand selection must be done within the current system – and that includes academies, says…

Amy Finch
Amy Finch
Opinion

Minority ethnic students are baffled by British values

Research corner with Dr Alison Davies, associate lecturer at the Open University. What have you been working on? We…

Research Contributor
Research Contributor
Opinion

No one is talking about a return to the 11-plus

An element of selection will not necessarily lead to a return of the secondary modern, says Heath Monk. However,…

Heath Monk
Heath Monk
Opinion

If you can pass the test you’re in. But who benefits?

The grammar schools proposal could be described as a “great right-wing fraud”, says David Blunkett… pretending you are delivering to…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Why grammars are a five-sided dice trick

A jumbo five-sided dice is due to land at the Schools Week towers this week. It is smooth, blue,…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

The utopian origins of comprehensive schools

The first in a weekly series of columns looking into the archives of education and using the past to…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Teacher transfer window: Why can’t we fill our vacancies 365-days-a-year?

The idiosyncratic “teacher transfer windows” model is failing schools and teachers. Notice periods for teachers should come into line…

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

10 ways to make workload less of a challenge

Russell Hobby and Professor Toby Salt explore what more the government can do about teacher workload and what practical…

Russell Hobby
Russell Hobby

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Opinion: Workforce

Recruitment alone won’t solve the workforce crisis

The pledge to recruit 6,500 new teachers can only be one facet of government’s approach if it hopes to…

JL Dutaut
Melanie Renowden
AP

Unregistered AP: A new blueprint to safeguard our children

Dame de Souza sets out reforms to ensure vulnerable children are kept safe, while protecting the ‘lifeline’ offered by…

John Dickens
Dame Rachel de Souza
The Knowledge

Persistent barriers continue to limit our vital STEM potential

A new parliamentary report reveals the persistent educational barriers hampering our efforts to be the science powerhouse the prime…

JL Dutaut
Dr Lauren Sullivan MP

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,…

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

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
Exams
The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

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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