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The mystery of the disappearing education secretary

As another party conference season ebbs away, this is usually the part where I write a column about the…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

Who was the first politician to announce the end of grammar schools?

The common belief is that it was Labour education secretary Anthony Crosland. He sent out a circular in 1965…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

Multi-Academy Trusts could be the saviour of education in the north

Successful trusts need to leave their cosy London bubble if education in the north is to improve, says Jonathan…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Business rates revaluation: what schools need to know

In what has been billed as the biggest change in a generation, the process of the 2017 business rates…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

FGM is child abuse and schools need to talk about it

Every school leader should be aware of the issues of female genital mutilation, says Hibo Wardere. Female genital mutilation…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Grammar schools are a symptom not a cure

The design of the schools system requires that failure exists somewhere. Ed Cadwallader says the only fix is a…

Ed Cadwallader

Opinion

How selection could – and probably will – seep back in

“There is no way they will get this grammar school thing through.” That’s what former shadow education secretary Lucy…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

What works for children in the most privileged schools will not work for everyone

While the media continues to focus on the grammar school debate and the issue of selection, I fear we…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

Payment by results: that would never happen now… or would it?

Zimmer-framed educationist that I am, I was delighted to discover Schools Week’s new column on the history of education….

Colin Richards

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Forget the buzzword bingo, here’s how schools can get belonging right

Children show us belonging is simple. If we see them, hear them, know them and accept them for who…

Freddie Whittaker

Anthony Benedict

Opinion

Intentional design: What stewardship of the school system really demands

A mature school system should allow for specialisation without stigma and for divestment without failure narratives, writes Becks Boomer-Clark

Freddie Whittaker

Becks Boomer-Clark

Opinion

Lessons for England on using AI to boost attendance

As schools here are given an AI-generated target for attendance, one Welsh head explains how his school has used…

Freddie Whittaker

Huw Powell

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

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Sam Sykes

5mo

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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