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Cuts in the Education Services Grant will prevent councils supporting schools

The government may have made a “u-turn” on academisation, but dramatic reductions in the Education Services Grant will prevent…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

SPAG bol***** — Why grammar tests are a poor use of classroom time

Grammar exercises and tests do little but fill in the government’s beloved tick-boxes and are not the best way…

Gerald Haigh

Opinion

My change of heart about coaching

After joining Schools Week as deputy editor, Cath Murray was sent to mingle with readers at a training event…

Schools Week Reporter

Opinion

Do careers talks in schools improve pupils’ life chances?

What have you been working on? The impact of school-based careers talks, with people from outside school, on earnings…

Schools Week Reporter

Opinion

What school leaders can do to improve mental health provision

As many as three pupils in each class may be struggling with mental health problems, but many of their…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Why access to exam appeals — rather than how they are re-remarked — is the real social justice issue

Many people will say changes to the GCSE and A-level re-marking system are unfair, but are they correct? Editor…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

Why some children with language needs are being missed

What have you been working on? A study on language impairment at school entry age, and how we can…

Schools Week Reporter

Opinion

Why don’t we care about the purpose of education?

In one of the most significant periods of upheaval in education, debate around collaboration centres too much on structure…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Academy trusts – don’t get caught out by new PSC regulations

From 6 April 2016, new company ownership rules came into force, which will affect some academy trusts. Hannah Catchpool explains….

Expert Contributor

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Opinion: Solutions

How to answer parents’ questions about dyslexia

Jamie Oliver’s new documentary is likely to spark questions from parents. These are likely to be the most common,…

JL Dutaut

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Sarah Scott

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Opinion: Policy

The schools bill must do more to support displaced children

Labour’s bill promises to deliver needed change for children not in school, but without amendments one vulnerable group could…

JL Dutaut

Diana Sutton

Opinion: Curriculum

AI should be the making of coursework – not its breaking

The argument that AI spells the end of coursework is short-sighted and ignores opportunities to improve processes and enrich…

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Mark Grogan

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 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…

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Stephen Caldwell

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