Opinion: Policy

Government must cut our needless FSM bureaucracy

The case for automatic registration for free school meals in unarguable. Government must support the private members’ bill being…

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Gemma Piper
Opinion: Policy

Government must act now to secure the future of UK science

Filling STEM teacher recruitment gaps and targeting funding at schools in poorer areas would boost the UK economy

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Sureena Brackenridge MP
Opinion: Solutions

How we’re empowering teachers with high-quality assessment

Our new assessment model delivers transformative capacity for key stage 3 – and you can try it out for…

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Dale Bassett
Opinion: Solutions

How to build an internal alternative provision that works

These are the key lessons I’ve learned from setting up an internal AP, from reallocating funding to creating a…

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Sam Strickland
Opinion: Early Years
More than half of schools did not complete a government catch-up programme for reception children

A new definition to close the school readiness gap

A new sector-led definition of school readiness aims to help all those involved in children’s early development to work…

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Felicity Gillespie
Opinion: Teaching Commission

We must address racism to solve the recruitment and retention crisis

The sector is missing out on a huge pool of talent as a result failing to tackle racism in…

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Yamina Bibi
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…

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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

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Sarah Baker and Rachel Watson

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Signs of progress give cause for optimism ahead of 2026 challenges

As we approach the end of another tough calendar year for school leaders and their teams, they deserve our…

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Beyond the scroll: 5 ways to support young people with social media 

Students tell me their biggest sources of stress are not tied to social media, but instead to their futures

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Teachers need support to defend diversity from far-right attacks

As the prime minister has affirmed, we will not surrender our flag. Nor will we surrender our future to…

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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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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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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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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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