Opinion: Curriculum review

The curriculum review is wrong: Evolution is not enough

Reassurances of ‘evolution, not revolution’ ignore the inconvenient fact that the revolution is already happening – and we’re not…

JL Dutaut
Meena Wood
Opinion: Policy

How Labour can deliver a truly inclusive education system

The new government has a golden opportunity to end the box-ticking approach to inclusion and bring about a system…

JL Dutaut
Amanda Wright and Matthew Shanks
Opinion: Edtech

I, teacher: The five stages to unleashing robot educators

The robot teachers are coming. Here’s how their evolution is likely to play out

JL Dutaut
Tony Staneff


The Knowledge

What’s really behind teacher shortages here and abroad?

A new report attempts to find the simplest explanation for why countries with teacher shortages have them while others…

JL Dutaut
Professor Stephen Gorard
Opinion: SEND

Unreformed, England’s SEN system is financially unsustainable

A new report from the National Audit Office lays bare the financial crisis related to SEND provision and makes…

JL Dutaut
Emma Willson
The Knowledge

How we’ll meet Labour’s (very) ambitious work experience goal

New research shows the scale of the challenge involved in meeting the government’s aim of two weeks’ work experience…

JL Dutaut
Chris Kenyon
Opinion: Curriculum review

The Francis Review must usher in the age of digital assessment

We can’t wait for a digital big bang. We must keep making incremental progress to maximise its potential for…

JL Dutaut
Colin Hughes
Opinion: Solutions

How to get parents on board with your behaviour policy

Aligning policy and parental expectations is vital in ensuring a behaviour policy is well supported at home and ultimately…

JL Dutaut
Paul Dix
Opinion: Curriculum

We can start creating a broader curriculum without a review

A broader, more creative curriculum doesn’t have to wait until the curriculum review has reported and its recommendations are…

JL Dutaut
Sharon Hague

Must Read

Opinion: Workforce

An equality blind spot is fuelling our retention problems

Staff inclusion work rightly focuses on breaking down the barriers we can see, but it’s also our job as…

JL Dutaut
Bridget Harrison
Opinion: Curriculum review

Year 6 can’t keep paying the price of data farming

The best thing the curriculum review can do to re-engage pupils is to rethink the incentives driving an impoverished…

JL Dutaut
James Searjeant
Opinion: Solutions

How to make your school library a truly inclusive space

Your school library can be a powerhouse of support and a hub of belonging for every pupil in the…

JL Dutaut
Victoria Dilly

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

EXAMS

Exams

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

John Dickens
Sam Sykes
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

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