Opinion: Solutions

Six steps for delivering a mental health peer support programme

Getting students to support each other’s wellbeing can be highly effective, but getting it right requires time and effort

JL Dutaut
Monisha Jefcut
Opinion: SEND

Labour’s SEND reforms must put the onus back on the NHS

Conflation of ‘SEN’ and ‘SEND’ in the last set of reforms has contributed to shifting nursing responsibilities onto schools

JL Dutaut
Emma Smith
The Research Leader

How can we finally make financial education a reality?

Our gold-standard research shows how government can deliver what the public at large wants – without over-burdening teachers

JL Dutaut
Johnny Runge
Opinion: Solutions

How to unleash the power of multilingualism in school

The decline in formal language learning coincides with a growing abundance of languages in our classrooms. Here’s how to…

JL Dutaut
Glynis Lloyd
The Legal Leader

What does new anti-fraud legislation mean for schools?

A new law coming into force this month raises the bar in terms of how schools are expected to…

JL Dutaut
Kamal Chauhan and Charlotte Cassells
Opinion: SEND

The select committee’s SEND report lacks practical answers

The 95 recommendations in ‘Solving the SEND crisis’ are expensive, time-consuming and won’t put us on a path to…

JL Dutaut
Louise Lee
Opinion: Policy

Labour must not let parental expectations lower standards

Ministers must reinforce high expectations when they set out their home-school contract – or risk making an already tough…

JL Dutaut
Sufian Sadiq
Opinion: Curriculum review

Schools need flexibility to respond to their communities’ challenges

The death of a young constituent is a powerful reminder that the curriculum must also prepare young people to…

JL Dutaut
Dr Darren Paffey
Letters to the editor

This week’s best responses from our readers

Missing! A piece of the admissions puzzle. A ministerial responsibility. Support for familes. And clarity from Ofsted.

JL Dutaut
Various

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,…

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

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens
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,…

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
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