Opinion: Solutions

What works in improving SEND outcomes?

A new programme aims to gather and share evidence of best SEND practice to improve provision. Some case studies…

JL Dutaut
Dr Sam Baars
Opinion: Solutions

How to harness predictability to support school leavers

Two former heads of sixth form share a thematic approach to supporting school leavers to thrive once they leave…

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Luke Ellmers and Maja Trachonitis
Opinion: Accountability

Labour’s accountability solutions are just more of the same

The party’s proposals do little to challenge the surveillance culture that’s at the root of many of the sector’s…

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Chris Bagley


Opinion: Curriculum

How trusts can pioneer a better model of EAL provision

Our specialist EAL provision is delivering great results and supporting students’ rapid integration into school and community life

JL Dutaut
Emily Preece
Opinion: SEND

Special school funding is in crisis – but does Westminster get it?

The chancellor’s investment in more special school places is not a sufficient response to the scale of need across…

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Pauline Aitchison
Manifesto 2024

Three core principles to make better education policy

Whatever their specific aims, the next government will need a strategy to put the profession on a stronger footing…

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Sir Jon Coles
The Knowledge

Underfunding and managed decline: The shocking results of our annual survey

The latest polling on school finances reveals the prime minister’s fine words about education to be little more than…

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Nick Harrison
The Knowledge

How multi-academy trusts are supporting pupils with SEND

A new report shows collaboration offers crucial support for SENCOs – but it’s no substitute for government action

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Lillian Flemons
Opinion: SEND

A road map to sustainable funding for SEND provision

Solving the SEND funding crisis is not just a matter of more money but, crucially, more stability and flexibility…

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Samuel Skerritt

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…

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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

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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….

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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,…

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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

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
Exams

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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