Opinion

Three ways Labour can remove barriers to local leadership

To deliver a locally responsive education system, Labour must reform potent incentives that work against it

JL Dutaut
Nicola Noble and Liz Robinson
The Research Leader

Understanding the childhood origins of social mobility

How disadvantage translates to poorer outcomes is more complex than sometimes portrayed, reveals our new report

JL Dutaut
Rob Wilson
Opinion: Curriculum review

Unfinished business: Tim Brighouse, the curriculum review and me

Sir Tim Brighouse’s long-time friend and colleague Mick Waters reflects on what the educational giant would have said to…

JL Dutaut
Mick Waters
The Research Leader

What new data tells us about hours spent at school

Our new report delves for the first time on the length of the school week in schools across the…

JL Dutaut
Oana Gavriloiu and Louis Hodge
Curriculum

Oracy must become as essential as literacy or numeracy

The oracy commission’s final report calls for oracy to become the ‘fourth R’ of modern education’s emancipatory missions

JL Dutaut
Geoff Barton
The Research Leader

What’s next for ‘evidence-informed’ education?

‘Evidence-informed’ has become an easy and often empty marketing tag for CPD providers. Here’s how we guard against its…

JL Dutaut
Harry Madgwick
The Research Leader

NTP: What we’ve learned – and haven’t – about tutoring’s impact

The way the National Tutoring Programme was evaluated left little scope to determine its impact, but that shouldn’t put…

JL Dutaut
Dr Ben Styles
Opinion

Recruitment: Teaching’s narrative universe needs a reboot

Teaching has an image problem and fixing it must be a top priority for the government and the sector…

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Tiffany Beck
Opinion: Solutions

How to carry out social media checks on job applicants

Here’s how to ensure our modern hiring processes are legal and ethical – even if we can’t stop all…

JL Dutaut
Dan Morrow

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Opinion

Give heads what they need to make inclusive mainstream work

This is not about withdrawing support from children. It’s about changing the way that support is offered

Freddie Whittaker
Cathie Paine
Opinion: Curriculum

Teachers need agency to thrive – we’re exploring how and why

Agency is often misinterpreted and overlooked, but giving teachers themselves more capacity to act would bring wide-ranging benefits, writes…

Freddie Whittaker
Lisa-Maria Müller
The Research Leader

Alignment between leadership and governance takes work

Research shows those closest to the frontline worry more over issues like finances. This means building shared understanding is…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Rajbir Hazelwood and Kamal Bodhanker

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Assessment

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

All the important details school staff need to help youngsters through clearing this year

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Sam Sykes
Assessment

Are we asking the right questions on assessment?

A new AQA report proposes new assessment models for the millions left lacking critical skills by the current format

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Reza Schwitzer
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