Stat of the nation

What’s really behind white low-income pupils’ underperformance?

A deep dive into new data reveals attention to this cohort is not just political grandstanding

JL Dutaut
John Jerrim
Opinion: CPD

Didagogy: Teacher training’s missing component

Despite recent progress, we’re still getting teacher and leader development wrong too often. This new concept hopes to put…

JL Dutaut
Professor Sam Twiselton
Opinion: Edtech

Moderation of practical assessments at scale is now a reality

Our recent pilot of an AI-powered assessment tool delivered highly reliable results and a reduction in workload. Now you…

JL Dutaut
Victoria Merrick
Opinion: Curriculum

Here’s what every ‘phonics for maths’ programme should deliver

Our new benchmarks aim to take the debate out of what the phrase means and set us on the…

JL Dutaut
Louise Pennington
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s ill-considered inclusion judgment is a poisoned chalice

As well intentioned and ambitious the key judgement is, the absence of detail will result in inconsistency across the…

JL Dutaut
Meena Wood
Opinion: Policy

It’s time to champion school support staff and boost their rights

Their pay and conditions are a priority for me as education secretary and will remain so if I become…

Freddie Whittaker
Bridget Phillipson
Opinion: SEND
SEND

Six changes Labour must make to the SEND code of practice

With a SEND white paper due this autumn, six professionals offer simple legislative changes they say would revolutionise inclusion…

JL Dutaut
Jude Macdonald
Opinion: Politics

Class politics: How old school voting habits are unravelling

A new poll showing private school alumni are most likely to vote for Labour reveals just how dramatically politics…

John Dickens
Louis O’Geran
Opinion: Solutions

Five steps to inclusive learning for children in care

The specific challenges children in care present to schools are far from insurmountable. Here’s how to make a start

JL Dutaut
Gitanjali Bhattacharya

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Geography
Geography education has improved in recent years, Ofsted has found

How Geography has changed over the past 30 years

While standards have improved in the subject, there is still one systemic weakness, says Steve Brace

John Dickens
Steve Brace
SEND

5 principles for our once-in-a-generation inclusion reset

The SEND reforms provide a rare opportunity to shape the future of our education system – here’s where to…

John Dickens
Geoff Barton
Opinion

I’ve given teaching my all – now I’m told I may not belong in Britain

US-born teacher Jasmine Lane reflects on what new immigration rules and rhetoric mean for the educators Britain can least…

Freddie Whittaker
Jasmine Lane

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

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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