Lockdown legacies

What we’ve learned from five years of mental health support

Nothing has reversed the post-Covid rise in mental health need nationally, but our work highlights some effective practices

JL Dutaut
Jaime Smith MBE
Opinion: Workforce
The Education Committee has heard from a panel of experts on how to solve specialist teacher shortages

Retention: What will it take to make more schools ‘sticky’?

The latest evidence to the Teaching Commission lays bare the effects of high-stakes accountability on teacher retention

JL Dutaut
Nansi Ellis
Opinion: Funding

The spending review must protect Labour’s CPD pledge

New analysis reveals the pledge to be a very generous one. It’s imperative for Labour’s opportunity mission that current…

JL Dutaut
Marie Hamer MBE
Opinion: Funding
school funding

Labour’s opportunity mission can’t be delivered like this

Shocking new research into the impact of straitened funding shows the upcoming spending review must prioritise education

JL Dutaut
Carl Cullinane
Opinion: CPD

A five-point scale that truly supports improvement in schools

Teachers’ self-reported levels of knowledge and confidence are helping us to drive up the quality of our provision

JL Dutaut
Jeremy Spencer
Opinion: Policy

Three steps to making adolescence meaningful again

In the search for a policy response to the Netflix drama, are we asking the right questions of the…

JL Dutaut
Olly Newton
Opinion: Solutions

Unlocking the budget potential of finance leasing

Amid a continued squeeze on finances, too many schools are still missing out on an obvious way to invest…

JL Dutaut
Peter Hough
Opinion: Workforce

How SEND training is bridging over a troubled mainstream

A new training programme specifically supporting teaching in specialist settings is exactly what the sector ordered – and it’s…

JL Dutaut
Harry Paget-Wall Collins
The Research Leader

Is a mobile phone ban in schools the right policy aim?

The Netflix series Adolescence has created a new wave of political pressure for a national ban on smartphones in…

JL Dutaut
Antony Bainbridge

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Signs of progress give cause for optimism ahead of 2026 challenges

As we approach the end of another tough calendar year for school leaders and their teams, they deserve our…

Freddie Whittaker
Paul Whiteman
Opinion

Beyond the scroll: 5 ways to support young people with social media 

Students tell me their biggest sources of stress are not tied to social media, but instead to their futures

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Helen Care
Opinion

Teachers need support to defend diversity from far-right attacks

As the prime minister has affirmed, we will not surrender our flag. Nor will we surrender our future to…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nikos Savvas

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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

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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,…

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
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