Politics
Further strike action is on the cards for schools as the NEU and NAHT launch a re-ballot of members

Maybe we should ask for a minimum service level from the DfE

If Gillian Keegan is really committed to preventing more disruption, perhaps she should be focusing on making teaching and…

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Niamh Sweeney
Opinion: Accountability

This evidence must inform the inquiry into Ofsted’s reliability

A new paper reveals new insights into inspection outcomes and suggests Ofsted should make its training material more widely…

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Christian Bokhove
Opinion: SEND

Our call for urgent extra SEND funding and reform

Gary Streeter MP sets out the case for the chancellor to invest quickly and substantially in SEND support

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Gary Streeter MP
Opinion: Solutions

How to respond to students’ questions about Israel and Palestine

Anjum Peerbacos offers some short- and longer-term ideas to ensure all teachers are able to reassure students about a…

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Anjum Peerbacos
The Knowledge

How oracy supports vocabulary development

Voice 21’s new impact report establishes oracy as an essential part of vocabulary acquisition, explains Kathleen McBride

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Kathleen McBride
Opinion: Mental health

The mobile phone ban isn’t the wrong answer. It’s the wrong problem

Smartphone use isn’t the cause of poor mental health but a symptom of a deeper malaise, says Penelope Shortland-Palmer

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Penelope Shortland-Palmer
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,…

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Melanie Renowden
Opinion: Academy trusts

Trusts face a reckoning over their growth plans

More interest in sponsorship of a dwindling number of schools means smaller trusts should bet on growth by other…

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David Thomas
Governance

How representative are your governors – and why does it matter?

Neil Collins explains why governance is improved by a diverse range of perspectives and how to start measuring how…

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Neil Collins

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Opinion: Solutions
mental health

How to mitigate disadvantage in the classroom

We must get under the bonnet of disadvantage as it applies to individuals to have any chance of mitigating…

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Finola Wilson
Opinion: Workforce

The sector has taken another big step in parent-teacher support

Developments at the National Education Union’s conference give hope that we may soon stem the flow of parents out…

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Emma Sheppard
Opinion: Accountability

How Ofsted can ensure inclusion and equity go hand in hand

Ofsted must ensure its new framework for inclusion is applied consistently and fairly in every school

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Lee Elliot Major

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

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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,…

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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…

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Stephen Caldwell
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