Schools Week Opinion | Expert Views on Schools and Education - Part 34

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Leadership can mean knowing when to let go

Tom Rees

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We are transferring two schools. It is the right decision in the interests of the schools – and their pupils

Tom Rees

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Is the ‘fully funded’ teacher pay award just an illusion?

Benedicte YueSteve Simkins

2w | Opinion

Last week's news triggered widespread confusion. The sector needs clarity

Benedicte YueSteve Simkins

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Homework is changing – and parents are losing touch

Fiona Forbes

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In an age of AI and digitisation, a key means of engagement with schools is disappearing fast

Fiona Forbes

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There is no single blueprint for inclusion bases

Marie Hamer

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Start by being clear about who the base is intended to support – and the needs it is there to meet

Marie Hamer

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The new government should make this a watershed moment for teacher workload

Caroline Voaden

2w | Opinion

Unless we tackle the reasons for teachers leaving, we will not have a stable, effective and consistent workforce

Caroline Voaden

2w | Opinion

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The lesson from teachers is clear. AI needs to fit around how they work

John Roberts

There is no single blueprint for inclusion bases

Marie Hamer

What to do when parents say their child must have a mobile phone

Jamie OtterRichard Freeth

Poetry should always be a pleasure, never a chore

Paul Gittins

Operational leadership is not peripheral, it is the core of a trust’s quality

Stephen Morales

Why Ofsted’s deferral system needs an overhaul

Frank Norris

A reading intervention can work and still fail in your school

Lynne Paino

Voters back Burnham on education. The challenge is delivery

Sarah Anderson

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Why belonging is much more than a bolt-on pastoral initiative

Christopher Darvill

The ‘wicked problem’ of SEND provision

Philip WoodHugh Greenway

Leadership can mean knowing when to let go

Tom Rees

Is the ‘fully funded’ teacher pay award just an illusion?

Benedicte YueSteve Simkins

The new government should make this a watershed moment for teacher workload

Caroline Voaden

How we can ensure standards for safeguarding

Nicola Law

How schools can help build stronger communities this Christmas

Steve Chalke

Four steps towards a revolution in professional learning

Stuart KimeRob Coe

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If academy trusts are the future, then back them

Peter Duffy

Parental engagement is falling. Here’s how to make it work

Racheal Smith

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