SEND

5 principles for our once-in-a-generation inclusion reset

The SEND reforms provide a rare opportunity to shape the future of our education system – here’s where to…

John Dickens
Geoff Barton
Opinion

I’ve given teaching my all – now I’m told I may not belong in Britain

US-born teacher Jasmine Lane reflects on what new immigration rules and rhetoric mean for the educators Britain can least…

Freddie Whittaker
Jasmine Lane
Skills

If opportunity is Labour’s goal, why scrap courses that deliver it?

Removing qualifications like BTECs before V-levels are available will only create, rather than break down, barriers to opportunity

John Dickens
James Kewin
The Legal Leader

Why a small funding rule update is another leash on academy freedoms

Guidance on novel, contentious and repercussive (NCR) transactions point to a requirement to ask the Department for Education first,…

Freddie Whittaker
Philip Wood
Opinion

How Labour can turn The Wasted Years into The Ambitious Years

Key stage 3 provision has improved but is too often used as a rehearsal for GCSEs, rather than being…

Freddie Whittaker
Mary Myatt
Opinion

AI can be part of the solution to schools’ mentor capacity crisis

With a school using AI coaching, Professor Haili Hughes reveals whether others should follow suit

Freddie Whittaker
Professor Haili Hughes
Opinion: Reading

A reading target is right. Here’s how schools can make it happen

Targets and regular tests can transform outcomes, but only if schools build the systems, culture and expertise to deliver,…

John Dickens
Becks Boomer-Clark
Opinion

Leadership lessons from Southport’s darkest days

In the wake of unimaginable loss, trust leader David Clayton shares how compassion, presence and belonging came to define…

Freddie Whittaker
David Clayton
Opinion: Solutions

Five do-now strategies to ease the Year 7 dip

Here’s what we’ve learned from our programme to tackle disengagement in an area where the problem is pervasive

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Maw

Must Read

Opinion

Signs of progress give cause for optimism ahead of 2026 challenges

As we approach the end of another tough calendar year for school leaders and their teams, they deserve our…

Freddie Whittaker
Paul Whiteman
Opinion

Beyond the scroll: 5 ways to support young people with social media 

Students tell me their biggest sources of stress are not tied to social media, but instead to their futures

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Helen Care
Opinion

Teachers need support to defend diversity from far-right attacks

As the prime minister has affirmed, we will not surrender our flag. Nor will we surrender our future to…

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Nikos Savvas

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

University clearing: How teachers can support students 

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

John Dickens
Sam Sykes
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
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