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Opinion: Workforce

MPs are set to investigate teacher recruitment, training and retention issues in a new inquiry

A system-wide retention promise is key to solving the teacher crisis

A new paper suggests a large part of the solution to the crisis is in the hands of school…

JL Dutaut

Alice Gregson and Jane Creasy

The Legal Leader

New ministers can and must help stem rising complaints

Confusion and duplication in legal frameworks and guidance are making a difficult situation all the harder for schools

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Victoria Hatton

Opinion: Accountability

Amanda Spielman’s interview is an insult to Ruth’s memory

The former chief inspector’s denial of established facts is not just self-interested stubborness, but verges on wilful disinformation

JL Dutaut

Edmund Barnett-Ward

The Research Leader

What is driving the rise in home education?

Government figures show a rise in home-educated children. A detailed survey of 1,220 families sheds light on their decisions

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Katie Finlayson

Opinion: Edtech

New ministers are taking the lead on AI – but at which end?

The DfE’s new £4 million AI project could be a case of the edtech tail wagging the education dog…

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Jen Persson

Opinion: Solutions

How to support teachers to address the riots and civil unrest

It’s the difficult job of every leader to ensure their school tackles the horrific scenes that dominated our screens…

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Nicole Rodden

Opinion: Workforce

How racism steals our safe spaces and scars our lives

Leaders and staff will need to be as vigilant to the lasting effects of racism as we have become…

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Krisha Kay Gandhi

Opinion: Accountability

Progress 8 must give way to more constructive accountability

Our analysis reveals how poor Progress 8 is as a proxy for school quality – but better is eminently achievable

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Andrew O’Neill

Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted reforms are looking for solutions in the wrong places

Superficial changes could lead to unintended consequences while the real issues persist

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Sir Jon Coles

Must Read

Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

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Rebecca Maw

Opinion: Inclusion

What the inclusion push can learn from Haringey

AP is a lifeline, not a footnote. Haringey’s model shows what’s possible when we prioritise its pupils and their…

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Cllr Zena Brabazon

Opinion: CPD

NPQs must evolve to avoid a policy ‘boom and bust’

In many ways, this is the golden age of professional development, but there’s a gap in our provision which…

JL Dutaut

Poppy Nobes

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

2mo

Sam Sykes

2mo

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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