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Opinion: Academy trusts

Shining a light on the state of academy trust finances

Kevin Connor delves in a new report on academy finances to identify key developments and looming challenges

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Kevin Connor

The Knowledge

Teacher-powered research: how we’re building the evidence around everyday practice

A new stream of EEF evaluations aims to give teachers better evidence to support their everyday practice

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Christine Kelly and Faizaan Sami

Opinion: Edtech

How trusts can support schools to adopt AI safely

Executive teams have a responsibility to ensure their schools can benefit from new tools while minimising the risks

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Simon Beamish

Opinion: Solutions

The three phases of introducing a successful internal AP

Amid a growing capacity crisis in AP, Shazad Ali describes the interventions and reintegration work underpinning his school’s internal…

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Shazad Ali

Opinion: Policy

The rise in suspensions and exclusions calls for creative solutions

Our research into suspensions and exclusions identified regional disparities and a worrying lack of capacity to meet needs, writes…

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Celia Whittuck

The Knowledge

Are the theoretical underpinnings of oracy sound?

Ian Cushing reveals new research into the uncomfortable origins of oracy and how they persist in today’s political discourse

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Ian Cushing

Opinion: Curriculum

Our T Level journey has been outstanding. Why wait?

Our growing range of T Levels has transformed our curriculum, our facilities, our place in the community and our…

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Ruth Coyle

The Knowledge

The practice where consistency brings little benefit

A lot is made of keeping students with the same teacher year on year, but the data doesn’t bear…

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John Jerrim

Manifesto 2024

Three policies to develop vital leadership capacity

Becks Boomer-Clark sets out three policy priorities to develop and support the leaders all other education policies will rely…

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Becks Boomer-Clark

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Opinion: Solutions

How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

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Finola Wilson

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

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 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…

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Stephen Caldwell

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