Opinion: Policy

Labour’s post-16 pause and review leaves settings in a tricky position

We all want the best vocational pathways for our students, but implementation is as important as design in getting…

JL Dutaut
Caroline Doherty
The Knowledge

How can Labour ensure oracy delivers on its promise? 

New Sutton Trust research reveals variation in schools’ approaches and a lack of evidence on how best to maximise…

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Montacute
Opinion: Workforce

What baseball can teach us about recruitment and retention

The story of how baseball player recruitment was transformed holds important lessons for getting out of our teacher supply…

JL Dutaut
Raj Chande
Opinion: Accountability

Inspection should apply pressure – but in the right places

It isn’t possible to take all the anxiety away, but putting stress on the right things is vital to…

JL Dutaut
Tim Leunig
Opinion: Leadership

Selective schools can do so much more to be comprehensive

Putting results and reputation over inclusion and opportunity does a disservice to everyone – not least selective schools themselves

JL Dutaut
James Handscombe
Opinion: Curriculum review

Curriculum review: Towards a knower-rich approach

A shift in emphasis could form the foundation of the broader, more inclusive curriculum the government review seeks

JL Dutaut
Steve Rollett
Opinion: Policy

Why (and how) Ormiston is joining the phone-free movement

The success of ‘banning’ phones from some of our schools has convinced us it’s not just right but has…

JL Dutaut
Jennifer Lowry-Johnson and Aron Whiles
Opinion: Academy trusts

Opportunities for trusts amid challenging times

Leora Cruddas reveals the main findings from CST’s third annual national school trust report

JL Dutaut
Leora Cruddas
Opinion: Solutions

Five important steps at the start of your headship journey

Drawing on Ark Schools’ leadership development programme and my own experience, here are someu seful tips for new school…

JL Dutaut
Mide Ola-Said

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Unregistered AP: A new blueprint to safeguard our children

Dame de Souza sets out reforms to ensure vulnerable children are kept safe, while protecting the ‘lifeline’ offered by…

John Dickens
Dame Rachel de Souza
The Knowledge

Persistent barriers continue to limit our vital STEM potential

A new parliamentary report reveals the persistent educational barriers hampering our efforts to be the science powerhouse the prime…

JL Dutaut
Dr Lauren Sullivan MP
Labour’s first year

We’ve laid the foundations. Now we build

Education secretary says her government’s work so far is just the beginning, and here’s what comes next …

JL Dutaut
Bridget Phillipson

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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