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Opinion: Policy

Every leader should RISE to this school improvement challenge

Early concerns aside, RISE teams are an opportunity to be part of re-defining school improvement as sector-led, universal and…

JL Dutaut

Dr Kate Chhatwal

The Knowledge

Does belonging really matter – and what does it look like?

The benefits of fostering belonging are as broad as they are well-evidenced – and we even know how to…

JL Dutaut

Kathryn Riley

Opinion: Politics

How we’re going to give maintained schools their voice back

Half of our sector has effectively been marginalised from policy making in spite of its strengths

JL Dutaut

Andrew O’Neill

Opinion: Curriculum

Joy belongs in our secondary schools too

Secondary schools can replicate the joy and sense of belonging primaries foster without sacrificing standards

JL Dutaut

Tamsin Frances

Opinion: Accountability

Primary Ofsted reports show Labour’s plans are at risk

Analysis of the first 200 primary reports this term shows Ofsted is not ready to be a constructive partner…

JL Dutaut

David Scott

Opinion: Policy

The keys to success for Labour’s RISE teams

Here’s what the government’s new regional teams can learn from previous policy successes in school improvement

JL Dutaut

Mel Ainscow

Opinion: Curriculum

Reading aloud: How we’re tackling the literacy gap

As figures reveal a ‘dispiriting’ drop in reading for pleasure and literacy gaps persist, we are taking a trust-wide…

JL Dutaut

Richard Tutt

Opinion: Workforce

How to make flexible working work for your school

As the sector moves inexorably towards offer more flexible working opportunities, here are some tried-and-tested approaches and their benefits

JL Dutaut

Ashleigh Briggs

Opinion: Policy

More than half of school caterers said they had or were considering using more processed ingredients in school dinners due to cost and supply issues

The cost of our dysfunctional school meals system

More and more families are getting in debt to their schools to feed their children, reveals a new survey

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Georgina Burt

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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

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,…

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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

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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,…

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James Handscombe

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