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Opinion: Accountability

The five W’s of developing your equality and diversity charter

This student-led document now sets out everyone’s responsibilities to ensure all our schools support equality and celebrate diversity

JL Dutaut

Janet Sheriff OBE

Opinion: Solutions

Six ways to heal the SEND system from within – now

All the political pontificating is holding back improvement. Here’s what we could do now if those on the ground…

JL Dutaut

Tom Legge

Opinion: Curriculum

More oracy must not come at the expense of wider literacy

The idea of oracy as a ‘fourth R’ is superficially appealing, but in the end speaking can’t be treated…

JL Dutaut

Claire Heald

The Knowledge

What’s the latest on behaviour in schools?

School Surveys’ ‘Behaviour Barometer’ report has a few surprises in store about behaviour in schools

JL Dutaut

Harry Fletcher-Wood

The Curriculum Conversation

Constructing a masterpiece: What to do about key stage 2

Real-world implementation of the Francis review’s recommendations will matter a lot more in the end than whether or when…

JL Dutaut

Andrew Rigby

Opinion: Teaching Commission

Why we’re launching a new Teaching Commission

Labour’s hope for national renewal relies in large part on fixing the recruitment and retention crisis and our commission…

JL Dutaut

Professor Mary Bousted

Opinion: Workforce

Government must reconnect teachers with their sense of purpose

This year’s teacher wellbeing index shows ongoing negative trends made worse by feelings of professional isolation and disempowerment

JL Dutaut

Sinéad Mc Brearty

The Legal Leader

This autumn budget was a sticking plaster, not a silver bullet

While it will have provided some welcome relief, unanswered questions and unknown consequences mean schools are left in limbo

JL Dutaut

Esther Maxwell

Opinion: Policy

Phillipson must put an end to the policy hokey cokey

Without a long-term sense of direction and clear responsibilities, all of our other problems will be harder to fix

JL Dutaut

Tom Richmond

Must Read

Opinion

How we tackled misinformation in our primary curriculum

Schools need to approach difficult topics in a sensitive, age-appropriate way, writes Sam French

Freddie Whittaker

Sam French

Ofsted

Good might not be good enough under new Ofsted framework

Experience of an inspection suggests Ofsted’s system is clearer and fairer, but hard work is needed to attain ‘expected…

Freddie Whittaker

Stuart Gardner

Opinion

Big tech AI marketing rewrites the future of education

If we passively consume and believe big tech’s vision for AI we’ll be tricked into ceding control of our…

Freddie Whittaker

Catherine Buckler

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

4mo

Sam Sykes

4mo

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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