Opinion

National funding formula: ‘The debate should be a marathon not a sprint’

The publication of the national funding formula consultation yesterday has fired the starting pistol on the race to create…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

How my school helped Traveller children

There are simple, practical methods for integrating Traveller children into the education system, as my school has shown, yet…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

‘Setting targets does nothing good for pupils – it can even make things worse’

It’s time to ditch a culture of misused statistics and instead come up with a fairer system for measuring…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Forget the local school model, we need to break the housing price influence

The evidence is clear: local schools favour well-off parents, while more enrolment in publicly-funded private schools increases equity. The…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Transparency is needed from schools commissioners, not marketing

Six months ago I sat in a room in Oxfordshire full of top school leaders – mostly chiefs of…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Why the latest research shows heads should give teaching assistants space to do their jobs

The Education Endowment Foundation has released its latest research on new tools for teaching assistants and called for them…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Randomly allocating places in over-subscribed schools is the fairest option

As parents find out if their child will go to their preferred secondary school, Alastair Thomson considers what governors…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

‘No excuses’ is not a solution for angry teens

Insisting disadvantage can be fixed with a traditional academic curriculum and a strong dose of discipline is not engaging…

Kiran Gill
Kiran Gill
Opinion

Does anyone know how many teachers we need?

There is a crisis in recruitment, not helped by low pay, the tangled and defragmented employment process and the…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips

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A new Ofsted research report looks at effective practice for secondary school pupils struggling with reading

How to make your school library a truly inclusive space

Your school library can be a powerhouse of support and a hub of belonging for every pupil in the…

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Opinion: Mental health

School environments are only worsening the student mental health crisis

Our education model is simply not equal to the demands of the world our children inhabit. It’s no wonder…

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Opinion: Edtech

Safeguarding is not a sufficient response to new technologies

We will keep walking a tightrope between innovation and protection until we can provide equal access to the right…

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Paul Singh

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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
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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

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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

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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,…

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