Opinion: Workforce

We should listen to teachers on pension flexibility

United Learning and teachers’ unions have collided over an alternative pension plan – but what do teachers themselves think?

JL Dutaut
James Zuccollo
Opinion: Leadership

Five ways to make complaints a part of school improvement

We must get beyond the blame game if we’re ever going to learn the real lessons of rising complaints

JL Dutaut
Barney Angliss
Opinion: Legal

How schools should work within new guidance to improve attendance

A raft of legal and regulatory changes to tackle worsening attendance will require new ways of working to avoid…

JL Dutaut
Esther Maxwell
Opinion: Policy

Labour must put sustainability at the heart of its opportunity mission

A promised curriculum review must ensure what results is equal to the challenge of adapting to climate change and…

JL Dutaut
Steve Brace
Opinion: Policy

Labour already has the ‘keys to success’ to tackle disadvantage gaps

We already have the urgent answer we need to close the disadvantage gap, so let’s not wasted time re-inventing…

JL Dutaut
Mike Ion
Opinion: Policy

Why we need an ambitious ‘net zero’ target for attendance 

A moonshot goal to see every child in school and ready to learn by 2050 could galvanise society to…

JL Dutaut
Jaine Stannard
Policy

6 quick school policy wins for Labour that won’t break the bank

Labour’s big-ticket promises will take time. So here’s some easy policies they could do now, says ex-government adviser David…

John Dickens
David Thomas
Oracy Commission

What should be the role of oracy in English Language GCSE?

What we teach at GCSE informs much of what leads to them, so we must think carefully about oracy’s…

JL Dutaut
Barbara Bleiman
Opinion: Accountability

Labour faces a major challenge on accountability reform

The party promised to overhaul school accountability, and the evidence now shows things are much worse than many thought

JL Dutaut
Professor Colin Richards

Must Read

Labour’s first year

Six priorities for Bridget Phillipson’s second year at the helm

Labour has broadened the definition of success for schools. Here’s how it can now ensure everyone works towards this…

JL Dutaut
Liz Robinson
Letters to the editor

Letters to the editor, 5 September 2025

Schools Week’s legendary cartoonist hangs up his pen, perceptions of behaviour diverge, and a data disaster looms

JL Dutaut
JL Dutaut
Opinion: Accountability

How we’ll go further to ensure the consistency of our inspections

Roll-out of the new framework will be complemented by measures to ensure inspection outcomes are valid and reliable,

JL Dutaut
Rory Gribbell and Dr Verena Braehler

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

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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