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Secondary moderns must have a voice, too

Grammar schools are back in the news with Nicky Morgan’s approval of a Kent school’s expansion. But they’ve never…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Why we’re not ‘shunning Islam’

Schools Week invited the Catholic Education Service to give more details about its decision to change how it teaches…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

£850k on academy trusts with no schools? It’s a problem. But let’s not start a mass hysteria

On Wednesday, more than 40 pupils were treated for sickness and feeling faint at a school in Ripon, North…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Remembrance is now a brand – what place does it have in schools?

The visibility of Remembrance within the public realm has grown significantly over recent years. This has been driven by…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

‘Why the National Reference Test trial should reduce worry about comparable outcomes’

Ofqual trials its national reference test next year, the first big step in gaining information to help to refine GCSE awarding. Earlier…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Proactive approach to retention

As leaders we need to be creative in our approach to recruitment, but we also need to look carefully…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

5 Ways Schools Can Work Together On Recruitment

Recruitment: is it a “challenge” or even a “crisis”? Or have we never had it so good in terms…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

National teaching service should deliver dedicated teachers, not ‘superheroes’

Things have turned upside down. Too often, teachers and school leaders roll their eyes as ministers announce their latest…

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
Opinion

Leaders from other successful education systems are surprised by the imbalance in England

This week CfBT is launching its new report “Interesting Cities: five approaches to urban reform”, comparing the approaches used…

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott

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Teenagers who will vote in 2029 are forming views without the structure or understanding schools should provide

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Forget the buzzword bingo, here’s how schools can get belonging right

Children show us belonging is simple. If we see them, hear them, know them and accept them for who…

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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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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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