Opinion: Attendance

Home visits are part of a strong attendance policy

We must have the difficult conversation about parents who don’t play by the rules if we’re going to change…

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David Scales
Opinion: Accountability

We need better measures of disadvantage to better target funding

New research reveals a bigger in-group attainment gap for disadvantaged pupils than exists between them and their peers

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Crispin Chatterton and Jon Andrews
Opinion: Solutions

Recognising and mitigating early signs of mental health issues

Despite variations in how mental health issues manifest from child to child, the value of early discovery can’t be…

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Kayleigh Frost
Opinion: Leadership

New governance guides are a welcome update – and nothing to worry about

The two new DfE guides better reflect the system we have and won’t add to governors’ workloads

JL Dutaut
Emma Knights
Manifesto 2024

Five policy priorities for closing disadvantage gaps

Five policies to restart the virtuous cycle between educational outcomes and economic prosperity

JL Dutaut
Sir Dan Moynihan
Opinion: Solutions

Six strategies to encourage reading for pleasure

A few tips to ensure that a rich, robust, rigorous and rewarding reading culture becomes a reality in your…

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Deborah Maclaren
Opinion: Workforce
Teacher training

Five recommendations to make the ECF truly sustainable

A major new report on the early career framework points the way towards ensuring the reforms deliver their full…

JL Dutaut
Sam Twiselton
Opinion: Curriculum

Improving the art educational journey matters for all students

A new report by Runnymede Trust shows a gulf between the diversity teachers and students want, and the reality…

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Dr Shabna Begum
Opinion: Curriculum

Work experience must change to reflect a new world of work

The biggest research ever undertaken in England shows employers and young people alike need a different approach

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Baroness Morgan of Cotes and Lord Blunkett

Must Read

Opinion: Edtech

The DfE’s new materials dangerously underplay AI’s risks

AI support materials published by the department last week effectively transfer responsibility for all of its risks onto schools

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Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith and Darren Macey
Opinion: Solutions

How to answer parents’ questions about dyslexia

Jamie Oliver’s new documentary is likely to spark questions from parents. These are likely to be the most common,…

JL Dutaut
Sarah Scott
Opinion: Policy

The schools bill must do more to support displaced children

Labour’s bill promises to deliver needed change for children not in school, but without amendments one vulnerable group could…

JL Dutaut
Diana Sutton

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
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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…

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Stephen Caldwell
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