Opinion: Academy trusts

Trusts have an ethical duty to shape inclusive local systems

In the face of so many challenges, academy trusts must embrace collaboration over competition to deliver for communities

JL Dutaut
John Barneby
Opinion: Academy trusts

How to ensure trustees make informed decisions on growth

Academy trusts’ growth plans should be underpinned by principles that streamline decision-making and ensure trustees are well-informed

JL Dutaut
Rama Venchard MBE
Opinion: Solutions

How to hang on to a good SENDCO

The best way to incentivise SENDCOs to stay in this demanding job is to ensure everyone values what they…

JL Dutaut
Gary Aubin
Opinion

Two ways to share the ‘DNA’ of effective school improvement

Steve Rollett explains CST’s new conceptual model of trust-led school improvement and its new ‘school improvement hub’

Freddie Whittaker
Steve Rollett
Opinion: Leadership

Together, let’s shape a more inclusive profession for women

Two new surveys aim to inform a recruitment and retention strategy that targets a particularly vulnerable group of teachers

JL Dutaut
Anna McShane
The Knowledge

Work experience: the missing ingredient for social mobility

A new report sheds light on why limited access to quality work experience stops talent rising to the top

JL Dutaut
Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel
Opinion: Leadership

The sector must engage with ratios on executive pay

Annie Besant would be appalled about education’s latest gender pay gap data. It’s time the sector took some responsibility

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Leek
Opinion: SEND

The new NPQ for SEND is key to a more inclusive system

Launching the new qualification for special needs coordinators, David Johnston explains how it fits in with a programme of…

JL Dutaut
David Johnston
Opinion: SEND

Together, we can build the inclusive system we all want

The evidence is clear that our system is far from inclusive. It’s time we did something about it

JL Dutaut
Jonny Uttley

Must Read

Opinion: Workforce

The sector has taken another big step in parent-teacher support

Developments at the National Education Union’s conference give hope that we may soon stem the flow of parents out…

JL Dutaut
Emma Sheppard
Opinion: Accountability

How Ofsted can ensure inclusion and equity go hand in hand

Ofsted must ensure its new framework for inclusion is applied consistently and fairly in every school

JL Dutaut
Lee Elliot Major
The Curriculum Conversation

How to embed oracy as the national curriculum’s ‘fourth R’

Weaving oracy through all subjects can be focal point for breathing new life into the curriculum as a whole….

JL Dutaut
Geoff Barton

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

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 number of penalties handed out to students caught cheating has risen for a second year

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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