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What school leaders can do to improve mental health provision

As many as three pupils in each class may be struggling with mental health problems, but many of their…

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Why access to exam appeals — rather than how they are re-remarked — is the real social justice issue

Many people will say changes to the GCSE and A-level re-marking system are unfair, but are they correct? Editor…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Why some children with language needs are being missed

What have you been working on? A study on language impairment at school entry age, and how we can…

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Why don’t we care about the purpose of education?

In one of the most significant periods of upheaval in education, debate around collaboration centres too much on structure…

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Expert Contributor
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Academy trusts – don’t get caught out by new PSC regulations

From 6 April 2016, new company ownership rules came into force, which will affect some academy trusts. Hannah Catchpool explains….

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Expert Contributor
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Calm down – the church isn’t after a ‘land grab’

The memorandum of understanding between the Catholic church and the government is little more than a written definition about…

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Expert Contributor
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Why 3-day qualifications can be just as valid as GCSEs

The ECDL, as promoted by the schools network, the PiXL club, is a valuable qualification for many students, says…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Ofsted should take responsibility for primary curriculum bias

In his latest commentary, Sir Michael Wilshaw said subjects like science and modern languages have become the ‘poor relations’ of…

Colin Richards
Colin Richards
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Ignore social media, pupils can cope with hard GCSE exams

What do drunk rats, teenage boys and an independent drugs company have in common? Despite sounding like key components…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney

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The strain posed by pupil mental health needs is increasing, but Kerry Westbrook believes her academy trust has a…

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Foundations are already there to build curriculum reforms

The review builds on the strong curricula many schools already have in place, so this isn’t about starting from…

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Virtual teachers can stop kids fully dropping out of education

Online schooling is not a magic answer and should never be a dumping ground. But for some pupils on…

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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,…

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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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I still believe exams to be the best way of testing academic knowledge and understanding but they’re no bagatelle,…

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