Opinion: Edtech

How we’ve used AI to reduce teacher workloads

Rather than fear the potential impact of AI on students, we are embracing the technology to help them and…

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Charlotte Bleakley
Opinion: Policy

A middle tier is the glue our fractured system is missing

It’s no secret that Labour has inherited a school system in a mess. We’re stuck between a highly regulated,…

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Jonathan Crossley-Holland
Opinion: Workforce

Schools can now start to experience the joy of flex

Today’s report promises to finally get on top of a retention problem that has been dogging the profession for…

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Jonathan Simons
Opinion: Sustainability

Championing pupil voice to drive sustainable practice

Our trust is driving a pupil-led agenda to reduce its carbon footprint and develop students’ leadership for the green…

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Matthew Hill
Opinion: Policy

What the new government needs to know about alternative provision

Rising exclusions and suspensions make it imperative the new ministerial team understands our complex sector

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Charlotte Barton
Opinion: Leadership

School leaders must do better than stoke division

One headteacher’s social media response to this week’s events is an irresponsible inflammation of community tensions

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Mike Ion
Opinion: Policy

The unintended consequences of VAT on private school fees

Labour’s published plan to remove VAT exemption and charitable rates relief from private schools will cause inevitable disruption

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Andrea Squires
Opinion: Mental health
pupil wellbeing

Five self-care tips for teachers this summer (and beyond)

How to reconnect with yourself and set realistic boundaries to see you through the next academic year

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Dr Lesley French
Opinion: Leadership

Exposure to the Israel-Hamas war is harming young people

They are being increasingly drawn into polarised views and mental distress – but we can model a better way

JL Dutaut
Ali Amla

Must Read

Opinion: Accountability

How Ofsted can ensure inclusion and equity go hand in hand

Ofsted must ensure its new framework for inclusion is applied consistently and fairly in every school

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Lee Elliot Major
The Curriculum Conversation

How to embed oracy as the national curriculum’s ‘fourth R’

Weaving oracy through all subjects can be focal point for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole….

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Geoff Barton
Opinion: SEND

A golden opportunity to help fix our broken SEND system

A new consultation invites schools and trusts to lead the way in fixing our broken SEND system

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Andrew O’Neill

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,…

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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

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David Spendlove
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EXAMS

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,…

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James Handscombe
Exams
The number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

The stereotype that could be feeding exam anxiety

The ‘snowflake’ stereotype is damaging and unjustified, but a more pervasive idea may be perpetuating exam anxiety, says Stephen…

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Stephen Caldwell
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