Opinion: Leadership

Why more schools should be courting the media spotlight

Recent experience has changed my mind about engaging with the media. The sector should take the initiative on telling…

JL Dutaut
Gavin Booth
The Curriculum Conversation

How to ensure the new curriculum boosts growth

If Labour’s opportunity mission is going to help deliver its economic aims, then curriculum must better support routes into…

JL Dutaut
Kate Ambrosi
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted and DfE are still not there with solving inclusion

The Ofsted draft framework is a missed opportunity to start aligning our incentives with our shared inclusive vision

JL Dutaut
Keziah Featherstone
The Legal Leader

Kristie Higgs v. Farmor’s School: Implications for the sector

A landmark judgment means schools will need to think carefully about how to balance employees’ free speech and ‘reputational…

JL Dutaut
Joanne Moseley
Opinion: Governance

How to overcome governance’s diversity problem

Let’s mark National School Governors’ Awareness Day by committing to broadening this vital workforce

JL Dutaut
Victoria Hatton and Adrian Rogers
Opinion: Solutions

How to create a culture of compassion and repair

Relational Inclusion has transformed behaviour, attendance and engagement in our schools and in others we have supported

JL Dutaut
Anthony Benedict
The Knowledge

How to gather richer data for better inclusion

As the levers of accountability begin to pull the sector towards engagement, we must ensure our data is intentionally…

JL Dutaut
Nic Ponsford
Opinion: Workforce

It’s high time leaders held DfE to account for workload

My freedom of information request revealed something very wrong with the DfE’s interpretation of what is a reasonable ask…

JL Dutaut
Thomas Moore
Opinion: Governance

Leaving governance out of school reform is a recipe for chaos

Agree or disagree with policy and the pace of reform, we won’t get implementation right until we respect governance…

JL Dutaut
Emma Balchin

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Opinion

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…

Freddie Whittaker
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…

Freddie Whittaker
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,…

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
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Exams

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
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
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