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How should we define ‘disadvantaged’ pupils?

Separating pupils into those who qualify for free schools meals and those who don’t does little to highlight the…

Expert Contributor

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Tests for sale makes a mockery of selection

Where, exactly, is the line of “this has gone too far”? That’s a question teachers have to consider almost…

Laura McInerney

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‘Refuse, retract, resist’ school nationality data collection

Parents can choose not to be complicit in building border controls in our playgrounds – and so can schools,…

Expert Contributor

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Why we didn’t do the ‘disadvantage’ school league tables this year…

For the past two years Schools Week won love for publishing annual tables of schools getting great outcomes for…

Laura McInerney

Opinion

The long and the short of school uniforms

Last week a school in Kent gained national headlines for sending home girls whose skirts were deemed as too…

Laura McInerney

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Sixth-form colleges – not school sixth forms – are the route to social mobility

Education Datalab’s recent report on post-16 education has got it wrong, says James Kewin. It is a myth that…

James Kewin

Opinion

An autism diagnosis doesn’t mean other special needs are being missed

An autism diagnosis doesn’t mean other special needs are being missed – it’s just the first step in the…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

We must mend the primary and secondary split in education leadership

If primary and secondary leaders better understood each other’s phases, children would be better prepared for the move from…

Expert Contributor

Opinion

We can see mentally ill pupils, but what do we do?

I once cried on the tube in London. Tears dripped down my face, an inconsolable stream barely contained by…

Laura McInerney

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How we help SEND students gain qualifications and independence

Close communication, working on life skills and connecting with the wider community are among the ways Launceston’s alternative resource…

Samantha Booth

Matthew Thompson

Opinion

When everyone is SEND trained inclusion is part of your culture

Julie Prentice shares five things she and trust colleagues learned from developing a SEND training model over the past…

Samantha Booth

Julie Prentice

Opinion

More work is need to tackle fragmentation in teacher development

The decision of the Teacher Development Trust to become part of the Chartered College is exciting, but it shows…

Freddie Whittaker

Sam Twiselton

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Assessment

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

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Assessment

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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