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What Is An Academy? (And other questions about converting schools)

The government has announced it wants all schools to become academies by 2022. But what are they? Editor Laura…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

‘This revolution in governance does not include barricades’

The multi academy trust is an increasingly common form of school governance. Should governors embrace the change or make…

Emma Knights
Emma Knights
Opinion

A former minister’s view: thoughts on the school-led system

Five areas need to be given priority if schools-led system is to become a reality English schools have a…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

From the frontline: thoughts on the school-led system

Former executive principal Ros McMullen sets out her vision of what a school-led system now needs. In the first…

Ros McMullen
Ros McMullen
Opinion

People in education are not saints: we need to have difficult conversations about money

Conversations about money in education are difficult, tinged as they often are with a sense that real teachers are…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

National funding formula: We might benefit from the change but the government needs to be bolder

Southend High School for Boys is one of many schools that gets a “raw deal” under the current funding…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
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

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Inclusion

Dear DfE, don’t marginalise special schools and AP!

In their quest for an inclusive mainstream setting, ministers must not push specialist settings to the margins

Freddie Whittaker
Warren Carratt
Opinion

Why many schools ignore sustainability, and how to fix that

If sustainability really matters to schools, why does it so often slip down the priority list the moment accountability…

Freddie Whittaker
Simon Lightman
The Conspiracy Commission

Misinformation is a challenge teachers can’t face alone

Every day, teachers share a challenge that we face as fact checkers: the rapid emergence of an online world…

Freddie Whittaker
Chris Morris

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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
Sam Sykes
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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