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Government must square up to unscrupulous teaching agencies

Fixing recruitment will require government to face down some unprincipled players and support some dedicated staff on the margins

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Opinion

Three reasons this week’s STRB letter is game-changing for women

Long-running campaigns have been ackowledged and action will surely follow on fair pay and conditions

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Opinion

Finding the missing piece of the school improvement puzzle

A new research commission aims to unearth rapidly scalable insights about student engagement data – and you can be…

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Opinion: Solutions

Five ways for leaders to fly the flag for maths

A ‘phonics for maths’ is the right aspiration for government, but why wait to start priming teachers for a…

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Opinion: Leadership

School improvement: All eyes on the OpEx prize

New ISBL research shows the few who have embedded the operational excellence approach have reaped benefits that could be…

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Opinion: Academy trusts

The benefits of a ‘try before you buy’ approach to joining a trust

Joining a trust can feel like finding a port in a storm, but rushed decisions are risky. Our new…

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The Research Leader

Home truths (and myths) about life skills in our curriculum

New international evidence shows England is an outlier in its approach to skills to the detriment of equity and…

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Opinion: Curriculum

Some commemorations demand more than the usual assembly

The anniversary is a good time to rethink how we mark events and teach young people about the complex…

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Opinion: SEND

This parliament is our best hope of SEND reform in a generation

The government is determined to fix our ‘lose, lose, lose’ SEND system – and this parliament has the knowledge…

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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

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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…

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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…

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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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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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