The Knowledge

What impact has the pandemic had on pupils and schools?

A new NFER report reveals the impact of the pandemic on two cohorts of primary pupils over four years

JL Dutaut
Tara Paxman
Opinion: Academy trusts

Schools in merging trusts should give parents an out

Conditions could lead to a phase of increased trust mergers and acquisitions. Schools should have a say on changing…

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Joe Hallgarten
Opinion: SEND

Blaming and shaming won’t help solve the SEND crisis

Stirred by over-simplified punditry, Hugh Greenway sets out the real problems dogging SEND provision – and some ideas for…

JL Dutaut
Hugh Greenway
The Curriculum Conversation

Mitigating ‘backwards pressure’: What to do about key stage 3

The Francis review must ensure the first, instrumental years of secondary school are an opportunity for a rich and…

JL Dutaut
Charlie Cutler
Opinion: Curriculum review

A golden opportunity for a proper financial education curriculum

The curriculum and assessment review must lead to a national strategy to ensure every child leaves schools with this…

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Sarah Porretta
The Legal Leader

Relaxed finance leasing rules put renewables back on the table

Relaxed rules around lease agreements mean schools can invest in energy efficiency from approved suppliers – but there are…

JL Dutaut
Isaac Murdy
The Knowledge

The Knowledge: How many children are missing from education?

A new report from the Education Policy Institute shows the number is vastly under-estimated

JL Dutaut
Whitney Crenna-Jennings
Opinion: Policy

Labour’s breakfast club delay is the right call

We can’t afford another Whitehall shambles, and too many building blocks are not in place which the policy needs…

JL Dutaut
Anna McShane
Opinion: Estates

How to plan for estates in spite of Budget disappointment

The promised additional funding for school estates won’t get near fixing long-term neglect. Here’s how to make the most…

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Diane McKinley

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Maw
Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

JL Dutaut
Cllr Zena Brabazon
Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

JL Dutaut
Poppy Nobes

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

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David Spendlove
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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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