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The advantages of scale

Having co-authored a new report suggesting performance would improve if the government let every primary school spin out from…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Right Angles: More than one angle on wearing the niqab

A student sent home for flouting uniform code is not exactly a hard-hitting story. But in a case this…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Conservative Party Conference preview

Each week during the political conference season we will be inviting a commentator to give their views on what…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Hunt’s Fight Back : Day 2 Roundup of Labour Conference

Where yesterday’s conference speeches from shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt felt like an imbalanced half of a football game;…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

New ways of finding free school properties are needed urgently

As new free schools are due to open this month, some have opened in temporary accommodation and others have…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Is it illegal to run a vegetarian school?

The introduction of universal free school meals for infants this month means questions are being asked about their nutritional…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Should we care about no notice inspections?

In 2009, Ofsted trialled no notice inspections. This week they announced a second attempt. Liam Collins explains some unexpected…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips
Opinion

Tristram Hunt & the Speech of No Big Dreams: Day 1 Roundup of Labour Conference

Teachers returning to their classrooms after a mild September weekend would today be forgiven for believing two Tristram Hunts…

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Labour Party Conference preview

Each week during the political conference season we will be inviting a commentator to give their views on what…

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips

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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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Anthony Benedict
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Intentional design: What stewardship of the school system really demands

A mature school system should allow for specialisation without stigma and for divestment without failure narratives, writes Becks Boomer-Clark

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Lessons for England on using AI to boost attendance

As schools here are given an AI-generated target for attendance, one Welsh head explains how his school has used…

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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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