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The top 3 priorities for ministers on primary assessment

As the education select committee prepares to grill the schools minister Nick Gibb about primary assessment tomorrow, Nick Brook…

Freddie Whittaker

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What happened to the old technical schools?

The 1944 Education Act famously created three types of schools: academically selective grammars, selective technical schools, and secondary moderns…

Freddie Whittaker

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Teacher body cameras are not the answer to classroom management

Not only is there insufficient evidence to justify their use, body cameras may actually escalate situations in the classroom, says Alex…

Alex Sutherland

Opinion

The national funding formula didn’t have to take money from schools

The DfE should bat for the funding the school system needs, not bow down as soon as the Treasury…

Freddie Whittaker

Opinion

Uber system will make supply teachers cheaper

New technology is changing the public sector workforce for the better, says Louis Coiffait. There may even come a…

Freddie Whittaker

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Ofsted inspections are unreliable by design

How can we know which schools are good if inspectors are inconsistent and biased and the data is wrong,…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

What happened to teacher-training colleges?

What ever happened to the colleges of education, those specialist teacher-training institutions that were effectively abolished across England and…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Assessment without levels: how are schools approaching it?

While some schools have simply replaced the old levels with unhelpful practices, a number of companies are developing solutions to…

Joshua Perry

Opinion

Stop bashing Catholic schools and let us educate children

As secular campaigners intensify their vocal opposition to faith schools, Andrew Cole charts the battle his Catholic voluntary aided…

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We’re yet to see what this white paper really means for academy trusts

This is an inflection point for the trust sector. And its direction still feels rather uncertain

Freddie Whittaker

Michael Pain

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‘No excuses’ doctrine means zero insight into barriers a child faces

Education has been warped by false divides, but schools that use vulnerability indices to identify need have found a…

Freddie Whittaker

Lee Elliot Major

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Best performing schools have the fewest disadvantaged pupils

Children who are doubly disadvantaged – both having SEND and coming from low-income families – are being shut out…

Freddie Whittaker

Charlotte O’Regan

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University clearing: How teachers can support students

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

John Dickens

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Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

JL Dutaut

Reza Schwitzer

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