Opinion: Workforce

What baseball can teach us about recruitment and retention

The story of how baseball player recruitment was transformed holds important lessons for getting out of our teacher supply…

JL Dutaut
Raj Chande
Opinion: Accountability

Inspection should apply pressure – but in the right places

It isn’t possible to take all the anxiety away, but putting stress on the right things is vital to…

JL Dutaut
Tim Leunig
Opinion: Leadership

Selective schools can do so much more to be comprehensive

Putting results and reputation over inclusion and opportunity does a disservice to everyone – not least selective schools themselves

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe


Opinion: Curriculum review

Curriculum review: Towards a knower-rich approach

A shift in emphasis could form the foundation of the broader, more inclusive curriculum the government review seeks

JL Dutaut
Steve Rollett
Opinion: Policy

Why (and how) Ormiston is joining the phone-free movement

The success of ‘banning’ phones from some of our schools has convinced us it’s not just right but has…

JL Dutaut
Jennifer Lowry-Johnson and Aron Whiles
Opinion: Academy trusts

Opportunities for trusts amid challenging times

Leora Cruddas reveals the main findings from CST’s third annual national school trust report

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Leora Cruddas
Opinion: Solutions

Five important steps at the start of your headship journey

Drawing on Ark Schools’ leadership development programme and my own experience, here are someu seful tips for new school…

JL Dutaut
Mide Ola-Said
Opinion: Policy

Why we should do like Australia and turn AP upside down

Rethinking what AP is for must be at the heart of any attempts to improve a system that is…

JL Dutaut
Rhys Morris
The Knowledge

What do we now know about young carers’ attendance?

Research to be published later this month reveals stark findings about young carers’ attendance and their experiences of education

JL Dutaut
Andy McGowan

Must Read

Opinion: Accountability

How Ofsted can ensure inclusion and equity go hand in hand

Ofsted must ensure its new framework for inclusion is applied consistently and fairly in every school

JL Dutaut
Lee Elliot Major
The Curriculum Conversation

How to embed oracy as the national curriculum’s ‘fourth R’

Weaving oracy through all subjects can be focal point for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole….

JL Dutaut
Geoff Barton
Opinion: SEND

A golden opportunity to help fix our broken SEND system

A new consultation invites schools and trusts to lead the way in fixing our broken SEND system

JL Dutaut
Andrew O’Neill

ITT

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

EXAMS

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
Exams

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell

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