The Curriculum Conversation

How to make curriculum and assessment more inclusive

Making the flexibilities enjoyed by specialist settings available to mainstream schools would benefit all pupils

JL Dutaut
Sarah Baker and Rachel Watson
Opinion: SEND

SEND provision is the last bastion of unevidenced practice

We must do better for pupils with SEND whose education is so often made worse by interventions that are…

JL Dutaut
Ben Newmark
Opinion: SEND

SEND reform must be informed by sector voices

Change must take into consideration our innovations and the challenges we face

JL Dutaut
Ashley Eastwood


The Knowledge

How are teachers navigating the AI revolution?

Our new survey reveals huge benefits for early adopters – but a profession in need of guidance and support

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Jonathan Park
Opinion: SEND

Policy must better promote local SEND collaboration

Our recent work in Lambeth shows that government could quickly drive up SEND capacity nationally by incentivising partnerships between…

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Abrilli Phillip and Dr Sam Parrett
Opinion: Solutions

How to get beyond ‘need’ to genuine inclusion

Focusing on resource distribution to meet individual needs is a distraction from creating inclusive learning environments

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Steve Haines and David Ruebain
Opinion: Curriculum

Career-limiting stereotypes start young. We must start younger

Marking Careers Week and International Women’s Day, here’s how Ark is helping girls choose pathways still dominated by men

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Erika Nabeshima
Opinion: Policy

Government must check its sums on maths investment

Maths equals growth, and the government’s strategy must better reflect this reality

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Simon Coyle
The Knowledge

How are school leaders navigating the AI revolution?

A new school leaders’ survey shows how schools are using AI to tackle challenges, but also reveals a major…

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Claire Archibald

Must Read

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
Rebecca Maw
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

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

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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