Opinion: Policy

Maintained schools are key to ending our omni-crisis

Failing to hear the voices of the maintained sector is at least partly to blame for the cluster of…

JL Dutaut
Ben Davis
Opinion: Policy

The schools bill will allow LAs to ensure all children can thrive

Contrary to criticism, Labour’s bill will make it possible to take the first steps towards more inclusive local responses…

JL Dutaut
Elizabeth Funge
The Curriculum Conversation

How to make curriculum and assessment more inclusive

Making the flexibilities enjoyed by specialist settings available to mainstream schools would benefit all pupils

JL Dutaut
Sarah Baker and Rachel Watson


Opinion: SEND

SEND provision is the last bastion of unevidenced practice

We must do better for pupils with SEND whose education is so often made worse by interventions that are…

JL Dutaut
Ben Newmark
Opinion: SEND

SEND reform must be informed by sector voices

Change must take into consideration our innovations and the challenges we face

JL Dutaut
Ashley Eastwood
The Knowledge

How are teachers navigating the AI revolution?

Our new survey reveals huge benefits for early adopters – but a profession in need of guidance and support

JL Dutaut
Jonathan Park
Opinion: SEND

Policy must better promote local SEND collaboration

Our recent work in Lambeth shows that government could quickly drive up SEND capacity nationally by incentivising partnerships between…

JL Dutaut
Abrilli Phillip and Dr Sam Parrett
Opinion: Solutions

How to get beyond ‘need’ to genuine inclusion

Focusing on resource distribution to meet individual needs is a distraction from creating inclusive learning environments

JL Dutaut
Steve Haines and David Ruebain
Opinion: Curriculum

Career-limiting stereotypes start young. We must start younger

Marking Careers Week and International Women’s Day, here’s how Ark is helping girls choose pathways still dominated by men

JL Dutaut
Erika Nabeshima

Must Read

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Teachers must call pupils in, not out, on conspiracy theories  

While teachers need training in how to react, they should meet conspiratorial claims with curiosity, not judgment, says Helena…

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Helena Brothwell
Opinion

Banning phones in schools is a lazy opt-out  

No one disagrees unfettered use of smartphones in schools is a bad thing, but indulging in a moral panic…

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Hannah Carter
Opinion

Why we’ve got ‘stuck’ schools all wrong

Stuck schools often get a ‘hero’ leader, but there are much better solutions, argues Seamus Murphy

Freddie Whittaker
Seamus Murphy

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,…

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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

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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Sam Sykes
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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James Handscombe

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