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…

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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…

JL Dutaut
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
Opinion

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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Baljinder Kuller
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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Vivienne Porritt

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Opinion

Reception teaching must adapt to the reality of delayed development

Weaker communication and self-regulation are issues that cannot be solved by focusing on a shift to measurable, directed tasks,…

Freddie Whittaker
Lucy Fox
Opinion

Email is the weakest link that could bring down your school

One in four schools experienced a cybersecurity incident in the last 12 months

Freddie Whittaker
Simon Freeman
Opinion

How we help SEND students gain qualifications and independence

Close communication, working on life skills and connecting with the wider community are among the ways Launceston’s alternative resource…

Samantha Booth
Matthew Thompson

EXAMS

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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