Opinion: Solutions

Six do’s and don’ts to support autistic children with friendships

To mark Friendship Day, here are some tips to support young people with autism to build meaningful social connections

JL Dutaut
Jo Galloway
Oracy Commission

Oracy must be inclusive by design for our diverse children

Labour’s plans for oracy education must be implemented with widespread communication needs as a starting point

JL Dutaut
Caroline Wright and Louisa Reeves
Opinion: Accountability

Labour must go further to truly rebuild faith in Ofsted

Removing one-word judgments may take some of the heat out of inspection, but that alone won’t make the process…

JL Dutaut
Sir Alan Wood


Opinion: Workforce

We should listen to teachers on pension flexibility

United Learning and teachers’ unions have collided over an alternative pension plan – but what do teachers themselves think?

JL Dutaut
James Zuccollo
Opinion: Leadership

Five ways to make complaints a part of school improvement

We must get beyond the blame game if we’re ever going to learn the real lessons of rising complaints

JL Dutaut
Barney Angliss
Opinion: Legal

How schools should work within new guidance to improve attendance

A raft of legal and regulatory changes to tackle worsening attendance will require new ways of working to avoid…

JL Dutaut
Esther Maxwell
Opinion: Policy

Labour must put sustainability at the heart of its opportunity mission

A promised curriculum review must ensure what results is equal to the challenge of adapting to climate change and…

JL Dutaut
Steve Brace
Opinion: Policy

Labour already has the ‘keys to success’ to tackle disadvantage gaps

We already have the urgent answer we need to close the disadvantage gap, so let’s not wasted time re-inventing…

JL Dutaut
Mike Ion
Opinion: Policy

Why we need an ambitious ‘net zero’ target for attendance 

A moonshot goal to see every child in school and ready to learn by 2050 could galvanise society to…

JL Dutaut
Jaine Stannard

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

How to answer parents’ questions about dyslexia

Jamie Oliver’s new documentary is likely to spark questions from parents. These are likely to be the most common,…

JL Dutaut
Sarah Scott
Opinion: Policy

The schools bill must do more to support displaced children

Labour’s bill promises to deliver needed change for children not in school, but without amendments one vulnerable group could…

JL Dutaut
Diana Sutton
Opinion: Curriculum

AI should be the making of coursework – not its breaking

The argument that AI spells the end of coursework is short-sighted and ignores opportunities to improve processes and enrich…

JL Dutaut
Mark Grogan

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

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 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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