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
Opinion: Curriculum review

Three concerns about the curriculum and assessment review

Flaws in the review’s terms of reference mean a(nother) opportunity to deal with the perennial issue of curriculum overload…

JL Dutaut
Joe Hallgarten
Opinion: Admissions

How fair banding makes us more inclusive – not less

While some decry ‘selection by stealth’, fair banding assessments have in fact earned us an award for our admissions…

JL Dutaut
Michael Gosling
Opinion: SEND

The SEND system is not broken. It’s doing its job 

The history of our SEND system shows our priority should not be to fix it but to create a…

JL Dutaut
Professor Sally Tomlinson
Opinion: Legal

Legal: How will the employment rights bill affect schools?

There’s a long way to go before these proposals make it onto the statute books, but schools can already…

JL Dutaut
Craig Vincent

Must Read

Labour’s first year

Six priorities for Bridget Phillipson’s second year at the helm

Labour has broadened the definition of success for schools. Here’s how it can now ensure everyone works towards this…

JL Dutaut
Liz Robinson
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor, 5 September 2025

Schools Week’s legendary cartoonist hangs up his pen, perceptions of behaviour diverge, and a data disaster looms

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Opinion: Accountability

How we’ll go further to ensure the consistency of our inspections

Roll-out of the new framework will be complemented by measures to ensure inspection outcomes are valid and reliable,

JL Dutaut
Rory Gribbell and Dr Verena Braehler

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

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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