Oracy Commission

Three considerations for every teacher developing oracy

Oracy can enhance children’s learning and raise achievement across the curriculum, including on standardised tests

JL Dutaut
Professor Julia Snell
Opinion: Solutions

Seven signs of SLCN – and how to support them in the classroom

Affecting nearly two million children, it’s crucial teachers can spot speech, language and communication needs early to support pupils…

JL Dutaut
Holly Strickland and Hannah Cook
Opinion: Policy

How Labour can deliver universal work experience equitably

With only seven per cent of employers currently offering work experience,here are three recommendations for Labour to deliver its…

JL Dutaut
Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel
Opinion: SEND

A plan to start fixing the SEND system right now

Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives have published a plan to get SEND provision on…

JL Dutaut
Anne Longfield CBE
Opinion: Policy

Votes at 16: What can we learn from schools’ mock elections?

Our mock election shows community cohesion must be back on the agenda for schools whether 16-year-olds get the vote…

JL Dutaut
Vic Goddard
Opinion: Workforce

Two first steps towards a racially inclusive teaching profession

The latest data on diversity in the teacher workforce is unsurprising – and we can very easily do a…

JL Dutaut
Evelyn Forde
Opinion: Curriculum review

Ten principles to guide Labour’s review of assessment

Understanding the strengths and flaws of the last round of assessment reforms should guide the new review away from…

JL Dutaut
Amanda Spielman
Opinion: Curriculum review

Labour’s curriculum review: What can be learned from last time? 

Some experience-informed do’s and don’ts from the DfE’s former director of curriculum and behaviour

JL Dutaut
David Russell
Opinion: Workforce
The Education Committee has heard from a panel of experts on how to solve specialist teacher shortages

No drama: How Labour can deliver 6,500 extra teachers

These small but meaningful changes are more likely to realise the new government’s ambition than an advertising campaign

JL Dutaut
Jane Fletcher

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….

JL Dutaut
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

JL Dutaut
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,…

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

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
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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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