The Knowledge

How are SENDCOs managing amid rising pressures?

New research reveals the pressures of escalating need and insufficient resource – but diverging views of the SENDCO role…

JL Dutaut
Rik Chilvers
Opinion: Workforce

Weaving the ‘golden thread’ is key to its impact

A growing set of leadership programmes is nurturing leaders who can weave the ‘golden thread’ of professional development into…

JL Dutaut
Gail Brown and Lorraine Heath
NTP

To save tuition, we must let the NTP die

Calls to extend NTP funding recognise tuition’s positive impact but ignore more effective ways to fund it to achieve…

JL Dutaut
Josh Blackburn
Inclusion

Islamophobia exists – and we must combat it in our schools

A deeply flawed political discourse is normalising anti-Muslim sentiment with worrying consequences for our students

JL Dutaut
Amjad Ali
Opinion: Workforce

Today’s proposals are crucial for a CPD entitlement that works

A new report by the Teacher Development Trust lays the foundations for making Labour’s policy work – but…

JL Dutaut
Cat Scutt and Alison Peacock
Opinion: Attendance
absences fines

Attendance: Another fine mess the government’s got us into

Punishing struggling families by making them struggle more is outdated, regressive and completely counter-productive

JL Dutaut
Ed Dorrell
Opinion: Policy

How to insulate schools from booms and busts

Questioning our assumptions a decade ago could have saved a lot of money and pre-empted the developing crisis of…

JL Dutaut
Tim Leunig
The Knowledge

How youth work complements and supports schools

Three studies show how youth work is a vital part of any effort to improve the lives and outcomes…

JL Dutaut
Will Millard and Jacob Diggle
Attendance
attendance

Persistent absence risks children’s futures. Here’s how we’ll address it

Raising fines and making guidance and daily data submissions mandatory will boost early intervention and a support-first approach, says…

Freddie Whittaker
Damian Hinds

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

JL Dutaut
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,…

JL Dutaut
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

JL Dutaut
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…

JL Dutaut
Stephen Caldwell
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