2024 in review

The year our challenges were finally acknowledged

Labour have started the ball rolling where they can this year, but secondary schools still face an ongoing uphill…

JL Dutaut
Patrick Cozier
The Knowledge

Is there an evidenced way to foster engagement?

An 18-month review of the evidence has led to a research-based guide for increasing motivation and wellbeing

JL Dutaut
Steve Farndon
2024 in review

Ups, downs and a political merry-go-round

Expectations of the new government have climbed even as genuine change has been continually deferred – but schools’ optimism…

JL Dutaut
Nadine Bernard
2024 in review

In the face of challenge, only connect

Looking back on a year of local, national and international troubles, it’s clear connectivity is key to the sector’s…

JL Dutaut
Sir Hamid Patel
Opinion: Policy

Schools have the power to make education more inclusive starting today

Schools that better reflect their communities and share responsibility for closing the disadvantage gap are well within our reach

JL Dutaut
Charlotte O’Regan
2024 in review

Nothing to see here, move along please…

Very little has changed this year and very little is likely to change any time soon. Bah, humbug!

JL Dutaut
Tim Leunig
Opinion: Policy

Rehearsed arguments about pay won’t help the sector

Responses to yesterday’s pay announcements do a disservice to the government and to the profession

JL Dutaut
Andrew O’Neill
The Knowledge

Can ChatGPT help tackle teacher workload?

A new report reveals some positive findings about generative AI’s potential as a time-saver – with caveats

JL Dutaut
Emily Yeomans
Opinion: Accountability

Accountability can’t rely on our current progress measures

Any reform of school accountability must include changing a headline measure that acts as a perverse incentive

JL Dutaut
Frank Norris and Jonny Uttley

Must Read

Opinion

Nigel de Gruchy, the teachers’ champion who savaged with a soundbite

The former trade union leader has died at the age of 82. One of his successors, Dr Patrick Roach,…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Patrick Roach
Opinion

Education starts at home, so we bought 20 of them for families

Short-term lets and instability wreck a child’s likelihood of succeeding academically – we cannot ignore what goes on outside…

Freddie Whittaker
John Barneby
Opinion

Teacher recruitment is turning a corner, but headline figures mask challenges

Increased entries to teacher training should be source of pride, but government must not forget communities where recovery won’t…

Freddie Whittaker
Paddy Dempsey

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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